Direct observation of polyhydroxyalkanoate granule-associated-proteins on native granules and on poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) single crystals by atomic force microscopy

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 281-287

  Sudesh, Kumar ^a   Maehara, Akira ^b   Gan, Zhihua ^b   Iwata, Tadahisa ^b   Doi, Yoshiharu ^b,c  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy (AFM); Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) granules

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARBON; DEHYDRATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOLAYERS; PURIFICATION; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; WASHING;

CELL CYTOPLASM; MOLECULAR RESOLUTION;

PROTEINS;

EID: 0346154879     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-3910(03)00273-8     Document Type: Article

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