Chemical and thermal denaturation of crystalline bacterial S-layer proteins: An atomic force microscopy study

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 65, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 226-234

  Toca Herrera, José Luis ^a,c   Moreno Flores, Susana ^b   Friedmann, Jacqueline ^a   Pum, Dietmar ^a   Sleytr, Uwe B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

AFM; Biomimetic surfaces; Chemical and thermal protein denaturation; Crystalline structure

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOMIMETICS; CELL MEMBRANES; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ETHANOL; PROTEINS; SILICON WAFERS;

ATOMIC-FORCE-MICROSCOPY; BIOMIMETIC SURFACES; CHEMICAL AND THERMAL PROTEIN DENATURATION; CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; HYDROPHILICS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; S-LAYERS; SILICON SUPPORT; SURFACE LAYERS; THERMAL;

PH;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; POLYMER; SBPA PROTEIN; SECONDARY CELL WALL POLYMER; SILICON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALCOHOL; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; SBPA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; WATER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACTERIAL CELL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROSCOPY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; BACILLUS; CHEMISTRY; HEAT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

BACILLUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ETHANOL; HEAT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROTEIN DENATURATION; WATER;

EID: 14144252310     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20127     Document Type: Article

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