Natural channel protein inserts and functions in a completely artificial, solid-supported bilayer membrane

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Xiaoyan ^a   Fu, Wangyang ^a   Palivan, Cornelia G ^a   Meier, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOLYSIN; ION CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; METABOLISM;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; ION CHANNELS; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE;

EID: 84880319141     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02196     Document Type: Article

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