Constructing droplet interface bilayers from the contact of aqueous droplets in oil

Nature Protocols

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1048-1057

  Leptihn, Sebastian ^a,c   Castell, Oliver K ^a   Cronin, Brid ^a   Lee, En Hsin ^b   Gross, Linda C M ^a   Marshall, David P ^a   Thompson, James R ^a,d   Holden, Matthew ^b   Wallace, Mark I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^d University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; ALPHA HEMOLYSIN; ANTHRAX TOXIN; FAT DROPLET; ION CHANNEL; OIL; PHOSPHOLIPID; WATER;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROPLET INTERFACE BILAYER; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; LIPID BILAYER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ALKANES; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; ION CHANNELS; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICE; NANOSTRUCTURES; OILS; SILVER; SILVER COMPOUNDS; WATER;

EUKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84879348933     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2013.061     Document Type: Article

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