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ReviewMembranes2021

Fluorescence Approaches for Characterizing Ion Channels in Synthetic Bilayers.

Md Sirajul Islam, James P Gaston, Matthew A B Baker

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Review in Membranes, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Microbial membrane transport proteins and their biotechnological applications.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2024
    Review
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Md Sirajul IslamSchool of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5214-0545
James P GastonSchool of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia.
Matthew A B BakerSchool of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5839-6904

Funding

Australian Research Council DP210101892Medical Advances Without Animals Trust Project Grant
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ion channels are membrane proteins that play important roles in a wide range of fundamental cellular processes. Studying membrane proteins at a molecular level becomes challenging in complex cellular environments. Instead, many studies focus on the isolation and reconstitution of the membrane proteins into model lipid membranes. Such simpler, in vitro, systems offer the advantage of control over the membrane and protein composition and the lipid environment. Rhodopsin and rhodopsin-like ion channels are widely studied due to their light-interacting properties and are a natural candidate for investigation with fluorescence methods. Here we review techniques for synthesizing liposomes and for reconstituting membrane proteins into lipid bilayers. We then summarize fluorescence assays which can be used to verify the functionality of reconstituted membrane proteins in synthetic liposomes.

Indexed as

fluorescence assayion channelliposomemembrane proteinpH-sensitive dyesreconstitutionrhodopsinssynthetic bilayer

Identifiers

PMID34832086
PMCPMC8619978

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