Single molecule probing of SNARE proteins by atomic force microscopy

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1152, Issue , 2009, Pages 113-120

  Liu, Wei ^a   Parpura, Vladimir ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscope; Dynamic force spectroscopy; Energy; Exocytosis; Single molecule; SNARE complex

Indexed keywords

SNARE PROTEIN;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISSOCIATION; ENERGY; EXOCYTOSIS; MOLECULAR PROBE; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

EID: 58549092273     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2008.03991.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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