Membrane biophysics
The membrane biophysics (engl. Membrane biophysics ) is one of the essential portions of the biophysics . She deals with the characterization of the properties and functions of biological membranes . The objects of investigation range from individual molecules to membrane reconstitution systems to whole cells or organisms . For this reason, the methods of membrane biophysics are correspondingly extensive, they range from microscopic methods ( light or fluorescence microscopy , atomic force microscopy ) to electrical measurements ( patch-clamp technique ) and spectroscopic methods ( NMR , X-ray structure analysis ) to theoretical model calculations.
See also
Reference books
- Hanke & Hanke: Methods of membrane physiology . Spectrum Academic Publishing House , 1998, ISBN 3-860-25369-7
Web links
- Biophysics laboratory group at the Borstel Research Center, Leibniz Center for Medicine and Biosciences under the direction of Ulrich Seydel