Visualization of charge propagation along individual pili proteins using ambient electrostatic force microscopy

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1012-1017

  Malvankar, Nikhil S ^a   Yalcin, Sibel Ebru ^a,b   Tuominen, Mark T ^a   Lovley, Derek R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES; ELECTROSTATIC FORCE; PROTEINS; YARN;

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; AROMATIC AMINO ACID; ELECTROSTATIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; NANO-SCALE IMAGING; NANOMETRE RESOLUTION; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PROTEINS; PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION;

ELECTRIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

AROMATIC AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON NANOTUBE; NANOWIRE; PILI PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FIMBRIA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTOR; DENSITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTROSTATIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TEMPERATURE; FIMBRIA; GEOBACTER; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SCANNING ELECTROCHEMICAL MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GEOBACTER; MICROSCOPY, ELECTROCHEMICAL, SCANNING;

EID: 84926177674     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2014.236     Document Type: Article

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