Liposomes on a streptavidin crystal. A system to study membrane proteins by cryo-EM

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 481, Issue C, 2010, Pages 147-164

  Wang, Liguo ^a   Sigworth, Fred J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOSOME; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; STREPTAVIDIN;

BIOTINYLATION; BOOK; CALIBRATION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; IMAGE QUALITY; LIPID MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 77957239376     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0076-6879(10)81007-9     Document Type: Chapter

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