High-resolution electrophysiology on a chip: Transient dynamics of alamethicin channel formation

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1758, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 545-551

  Sondermann, Markus ^a   George, Michael ^b   Fertig, Niels ^b   Behrends, Jan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b NANION TECHNOLOGIES GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alamethicin; Electrophysiology; Glass microstructure; Lipid bilayer; Patch clamp chip

Indexed keywords

ALAMETHICIN; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MEMBRANE VESICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALAMETHICIN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ION CHANNELS; LIPID BILAYERS; LIPOSOMES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROTEIN ARRAY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33646759936     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2006.03.023     Document Type: Article

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