The cell wall porin of the gram-positive bacterium Nocardia asteroides forms cation-selective channels that exhibit asymmetric voltage dependence

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 173-182

  Rieß, Franziska G ^a   Lichtinger, Thomas ^a   Yassin, Atteyet F ^b   Schaal, Klaus P ^b   Benz, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell wall channel; Lipid bilayer membrane; Mycolic acid; Nocardia asteroides; Porin

Indexed keywords

PORIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHANNEL GATING; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES;

EID: 0007871410     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050696     Document Type: Article

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