High-speed atomic force microscopy shows dynamic molecular processes in photoactivated bacteriorhodopsin

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 208-212

  Shibata, Mikihiro ^a   Yamashita, Hayato ^a   Uchihashi, Takayuki ^a,b   Kandori, Hideki ^c   Ando, Toshio ^a,b  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PROTEINS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; BIOMOLECULAR PROCESS; CO-OPERATIVE EFFECTS; HIGH RESOLUTION VISUALIZATION; MOLECULAR PROCESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REALISTIC CONDITIONS; EXTERNAL STIMULUS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; PROTEINS;

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; MONOMER; PROTON PUMP;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CYTOPLASM; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; ILLUMINATION; KINETICS; LIGHT INTENSITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TURNOVER TIME;

EID: 77749324964     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2010.7     Document Type: Article

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