Single-molecule studies of membrane proteins

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 489-495

  Müller, Daniel J ^a   Sapra, K Tanuj ^a   Scheuring, Simon ^b   Kedrov, Alexej ^a   Frederix, Patrick L ^c   Fotiadis, Dimitrios ^c   Engel, Andreas ^c  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGAND; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OLIGOMER;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 33746606443     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2006.06.001     Document Type: Review

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