Elucidating membrane structure and protein behavior using giant plasma membrane vesicles

Nature Protocols

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1042-1051

  Sezgin, Erdinc ^a,b   Kaiser, Hermann Josef ^c   Baumgart, Tobias ^d   Schwille, Petra ^a   Simons, Kai ^b   Levental, Ilya ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

^c MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GIANT PLASMA MEMBRANE VESICLE; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LIPID RAFT; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; PHASE SEPARATION; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; PURIFICATION; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

2-NAPHTHYLAMINE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL MEMBRANE; FLUORESCENT DYES; LAURATES; MEMBRANE MICRODOMAINS; ORGANELLES; PHASE TRANSITION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TEMPERATURE;

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EID: 84861079568     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2012.059     Document Type: Article

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