Optimized negative-staining protocol for examining lipid-protein interactions by electron microscopy

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 974, Issue , 2013, Pages 111-118

  Garewal, Mark ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a   Ren, Gang ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Lipoprotein morphology; Lipoprotein structure; Negative staining electron microscopy; Optimized negative staining protocol

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; INDIVIDUAL PARTICLE ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STAINING; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEGATIVE STAINING; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEINS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84881072366     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-275-9_6     Document Type: Article

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