The Role of Membrane-Mediated Interactions in the Assembly and Architecture of Chemoreceptor Lattices

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Haselwandter, Christoph A ^a   Wingreen, Ned S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; LIPID BILAYERS; OLIGOMERS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEINS;

ANISOTROPIC INTERACTION; BI-LAYER; COOPERATIVE INTERACTIONS; HONEYCOMB LATTICES; IN-VIVO; MEDIATED INTERACTION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; RELATIVE ORIENTATION; SELF-ASSEMBLE; VIVO FLUORESCENCE;

CHEMOSENSOR;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; BIOPHYSICAL MODEL; CHEMORECEPTOR; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOICHIOMETRY; THICKNESS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLISM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; LIPID BILAYER;

CELL MEMBRANE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; LIPID BILAYERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE;

EID: 84919680968     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003932     Document Type: Article

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