Electron and atomic force microscopy of membrane proteins

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 543-549

  Heymann, J Bernard ^b   Müller, Daniel J ^b   Mitsuoka, Kaoru ^a   Engel, Andreas ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; BACTERIORHODOPSIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0343811727     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(97)80120-0     Document Type: Article

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