Activity of single ion channel proteins detected with a planar microstructure

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 81, Issue 25, 2003, Pages 4865-4867

  Fertig, Niels ^a,b   Klau, Michèle ^a   George, Michael ^a,b   Blick, Robert H ^a   Behrends, Jan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b NANION TECHNOLOGIES GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; ETCHING; GLASS; IONS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLECULES;

ION CHANNEL;

PROTEINS;

EID: 0037449319     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1531228     Document Type: Article

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