Single molecule analysis reveals coexistence of stable serotonin transporter monomers and oligomers in the live cell plasma membrane

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 289, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 4387-4394

  Anderluh, Andreas ^a   Klotzsch, Enrico ^a   Reismann, Alexander W A F ^a   Brameshuber, Mario ^a   Kudlacek, Oliver ^b   Newman, Amy Hauck ^c   Sitte, Harald H ^b   Schutz, Gerhard J ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Intramural Research Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OLIGOMERIZATION; PROTEIN DYNAMICS; PROTEIN-PROTEIN INTERACTIONS; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTERS; SINGLE MOLECULE BIOPHYSICS;

CELL MEMBRANE; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 84894189599     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.531632     Document Type: Article

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