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The Structure and Assembly of Membrane Proteins in Native Membranes studied by AFM

Final Report Summary - MEM-STRUCT-AFM (The Structure and Assembly of Membrane Proteins in Native Membranes studied by AFM)

High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy: The dawn of dynamic structural biochemistry:
The advent of high-speed atomic force microscopy (HS-AFM1) has opened a novel research field for the dynamic analysis of single bio-molecules: Molecular motor dynamics2,3 membrane protein diffusion4,assembly5 and conformational changes6 could be directly visualized. Further developments for buffer exchange7 and temperature control8 during HS-AFM operation provide breakthroughs towards the performance of dynamic structural biochemistry using HS-AFM.
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