Assembling and imaging of his-tag green fluorescent protein on mica surfaces studied by atomic force microscopy and fluorescence microscopy

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 802-809

  Liu, Zhiguo ^a   Zu, Yuangang ^a   Fu, Yujie ^a   Zhang, Zhonghua ^a   Meng, Ronghua ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy (AFM); Green fluorescent protein (GFP); Mica; Monolayer

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LITHOGRAPHY; MICA; MONOLAYERS; PROTEINS;

ADSORPTION CONDITIONS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC-FORCE-MICROSCOPY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HIS-TAG; IMAGING FORCE; LASER CONFOCAL FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MECHANICAL LITHOGRAPHY; MICA SURFACES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MICA; POLYHISTIDINE TAG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BETA SHEET; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; SAMPLE;

EID: 55849147989     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20622     Document Type: Article

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