Refolding of a membrane protein in a microfluidics reactor

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 581-588

  Zaccai, Nathan R ^b   Yunus, Kamran ^a   Matthews, S M ^a   Fisher, Adrian C ^a   Falconer, Robert J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacteriorhodopsin; Green fluorescent protein; Membrane protein refolding; Microfluidics reactor; Structural genomics

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UREA;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIFFUSION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MICELLE; MICROFLUIDICS; MONITORING; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SOLUBILITY; STRUCTURAL GENOMICS;

BACTERIORHODOPSINS; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICELLES; MICROFLUIDICS; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 34347372073     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-006-0125-z     Document Type: Article

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