Model membrane systems and their applications

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 581-587

  Chan, Yee Hung M ^a   Boxer, Steven G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; STREPTAVIDIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; COMPLEX FORMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; LIPID BILAYER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE MODEL; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; UNILAMELLAR LIPOSOMES;

EID: 36549043460     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.09.020     Document Type: Review

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