Assessing the efficacy of vesicle fusion with planar membrane arrays using a mitochondrial porin as reporter

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 406, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 96-100

  Pszon Bartosz, Kamila ^a,b   Hansen, Jesper S ^a,b   Stibius, Karin B ^a,b   Groth, Jesper S ^a   Emnéus, Jenny ^b   Geschke, Oliver ^b   Hélix Nielsen, Claus ^a,b  

^a AQUAPORIN A S   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fusion; Membranes; Outer membrane protein; Vesicles

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PORIN;

ARTICLE; BIOMIMETICS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; GENE FUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOLIPOSOME; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE FUSION; PROTEIN ARRAY ANALYSIS; PROTEOLIPIDS; VOLTAGE-DEPENDENT ANION CHANNELS;

FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM;

EID: 79952191783     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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