Conformations, flexibility, and interactions observed on individual membrane proteins by atomic force microscopy

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 2002, Issue 68, 2002, Pages 257-299

  Müller, Daniel J ^a,b   Engel, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS;

EID: 0036362081     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0091-679x(02)68014-8     Document Type: Review

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