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ReviewNature structural & molecular biology2016

Nanodiscs for structural and functional studies of membrane proteins.

Ilia G Denisov, Stephen G Sligar

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Review in Nature structural & molecular biology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 273 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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273citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

273 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Polarized ATR-FTIR Spectroscopy Reveals Light-Induced Peptide Insertion of LAH4 Into Photoswitchable Membranes.Chemphyschem : a European journal of chemical physics and physical chemistry · 2026
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  7. Design of Fluorescent Membrane Scaffold Proteins for Nanodiscs.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  8. LHCSR1 Functions as a Dimmer Switch for Light Harvesting.The journal of physical chemistry letters · 2026
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  13. DNA-Lipid Nanodiscs with a Polyethylene Glycol Interface.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2026
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  14. Advances and opportunities for computational interrogation of plant proteins.The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology · 2026
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  16. Molecular Mechanisms Governing Peptide Nanodisc Assembly and Stability.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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213 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Ilia G DenisovDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7878-2626
Stephen G SligarDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA.

Funding

Nanoscale Approaches to Understanding Membrane Protein FunctionR35GM118145 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI STEPHEN G. SLIGAR · 2016 to 2026
$7.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM118145
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Membrane proteins have long presented a challenge to biochemical and functional studies. In the absence of a bilayer environment, individual proteins and critical macromolecular complexes may be insoluble and may display altered or absent activities. Nanodisc technology provides important advantages for the isolation, purification, structural resolution and functional characterization of membrane proteins. In addition, the ability to precisely control the nanodisc composition provides a nanoscale membrane surface for investigating molecular recognition events.

Indexed as

AnimalsElectron Spin Resonance SpectroscopyHumansLipid BilayersMembrane ProteinsMicroscopy, ElectronModels, MolecularNanostructuresNuclear Magnetic Resonance, BiomolecularProtein ConformationLipid BilayersMembrane Proteins

Identifiers

PMID27273631
PMCPMC8934039

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