Membrane protein structure determination using crystallography and lipidic mesophases: Recent advances and successes

Biochemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 32, 2012, Pages 6266-6288

  Caffrey, Martin ^a   Li, Dianfan ^a   Dukkipati, Abhiram ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTORS; BI-LAYER; CRYSTALLIZATION SCREENING; CUBIC MESOPHASES; CUBIC PHASE; CYTOCHROME OXIDASE; DIFFRACTION DATA; FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITIES; G PROTEIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTORS; GLASS CRYSTALLIZATION; INTEGRAL MEMBRANE; INTEGRAL MEMBRANE PROTEINS; LIGHT-HARVESTING COMPLEX II; MEMBRANE PROTEIN STRUCTURES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MESOPHASES; MOLECULAR LEVELS; NANOLITERS; OPTICAL QUALITIES; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER; SIGNALING EVENTS; TERNARY COMPLEX; TRANSMEMBRANE RECEPTORS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; OPTICAL GLASS;

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES;

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; LIPID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; LIPID BILAYER; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TARGETING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DATABASES, PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SOLUTIONS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84865138166     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi300010w     Document Type: Article

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