DNA nanotubes for NMR structure determination of membrane proteins

Nature Protocols

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 755-770

  Bellot, Gaëtan ^a,b,c   McClintock, Mark A ^a   Chou, James J ^a   Shih, William M ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; DNA NANOTUBE; HETERODIMER; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NANOTUBE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; DNA HELIX; DNA STRAND; DNA SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MICELLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMOSTABILITY;

DETERGENTS; DNA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICELLES; NANOTUBES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 84876163719     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2013.037     Document Type: Article

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