The tunnelling conductance of molecularly ordered metalloprotein arrays

Journal of Molecular Recognition

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 167-173

  Davis, J J ^a   Wrathmell, C L ^a   Zhao, J ^a   Fletcher, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Azurin; Bioelectronics; Electrochemistry; Imaging; Metalloprotein; Tunnelling

Indexed keywords

AZURIN; GOLD;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

AZURIN; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GOLD; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING TUNNELING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 2542435975     PISSN: 09523499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmr.677     Document Type: Conference Paper

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