Improved technique for reconstituting incredibly high and soluble amounts of tetrameric K+ channel in natural membranes

Journal of Membrane Biology

Volumn 241, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 141-144

  Raja, Mobeen ^a,b   Vales, Elisabeth ^a  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ion channel expression and reconstitution; Lipid protein interaction; Membrane assembly; Potassium ion channel

Indexed keywords

3 [(3 CHOLAMIDOPROPYL)DIMETHYLAMMONIO] 1 PROPANESULFONIC ACID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OCTYL GLUCOSIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; TETRAMER;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MEMBRANE BIOLOGY; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE RECONSTITUTION; PROTEIN STABILITY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOENGINEERING; CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLIC ACIDS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DETERGENTS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUCOSIDES; PLASMIDS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEOLIPIDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SOLUBILITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79959738276     PISSN: 00222631     EISSN: 14321424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00232-011-9370-x     Document Type: Article

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