Probing electron transport in proteins at room temperature with single-molecule precision

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-16

  Inkpen, Michael S ^a   Albrecht, Tim ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONDENSED MEDIA; ELECTRODE SURFACES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; IMMOBILIZED PROTEINS; INDIVIDUAL PROTEINS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY (STM); SINGLE MOLECULE LEVEL; SINGLE-MOLECULE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SPECIFIC LOCATION; TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY;

AMINO ACIDS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; TOOLS;

PROTEINS;

CYTOCHROME B;

CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

CYTOCHROMES B; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

EID: 84856135050     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn205016v     Document Type: Review

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