Protein reconstitution into freestanding planar lipid membranes for electrophysiological characterization

Nature Protocols

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 188-198

  Gutsmann, Thomas ^a   Heimburg, Thomas ^b   Keyser, Ulrich ^c   Mahendran, Kozhinjampara R ^d   Winterhalter, Mathias ^e  

^a RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOSOME; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HYDROPHILICITY; LIGAND BINDING; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID MEMBRANE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MEMBRANE RECONSTITUTION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HEART FUNCTION TEST; LIPID METABOLISM; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PROCEDURES;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; LIPID METABOLISM; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROTEINS;

EID: 84925945178     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2015.003     Document Type: Article

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