Conformational Change of Bacteriorhodopsin Quantitatively Monitored by Microcantilever Sensors
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Conformational change of bacteriorhodopsin quantitatively monitored by microcantilever sensors.
Bacteriorhodopsin proteoliposomes were used as a model system to explore the applicability of micromechanical cantilever arrays to detect conformational changes in membrane protein patches. The three main results of our study concern: 1), reliable functionalization of micromechanical cantilever arrays with proteoliposomes using ink jet spotting; 2), successful detection of the prosthetic retina...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biophysical Journal
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0006-3495
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.072934