A glass bead game

Microscopic glass beads coated with lipid membranes provide a sensitive detector of interactions between proteins and ligands. The changing spatial order of the array of beads in solution is the key.

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Published in:Nature 2004-01, Vol.427 (6970), p.105-106
Main Author: Bayerl, Thomas M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Glass
Humanities and Social Sciences
Ligands
Lipid Bilayers - chemistry
Lipid Bilayers - metabolism
Lipids
Membrane Fluidity
Membrane Proteins - metabolism
Membranes
Microscopy
Microspheres
multidisciplinary
news-and-views
Protein Binding
Proteins
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Silicon Dioxide
Solutions - chemistry
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Summary:Microscopic glass beads coated with lipid membranes provide a sensitive detector of interactions between proteins and ligands. The changing spatial order of the array of beads in solution is the key.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/427105a