Ryan J White1, Eric N Ervin, Tinglu Yang

  • 1Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 S 1400 E, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA.

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まとめ

この研究では,脂質二重層のための安定したガラスナノ孔 (GNP) 膜を導入し,堅牢な単一イオンチャネル記録を可能にします. この新しいシステムは,制御されたタンパク質チャネルの挿入と除去を可能にし,生体物理学の研究を進めています.

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