The porins from the halophilic species Ectothiorhodospira shaposhnikovii and Ectothiorhodospira vacuolata

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 169-175

  Wolf, E ^a   Zahr, M ^a   Benz, R ^b   Imhoff, J F ^c   Lustig, A ^d   Schiltz, E ^a   Stahl Zeng, J ^e   Weckesser, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anion selectivity; Ectothiorhodospira shaposhnikovii; Ectothiorhodospira vacuolata; Halophilic bacteria; Lipid bilayer studies; N terminal amino acids; Outer membrane protein; Porin

Indexed keywords

ANION; EDETIC ACID; OLIGOMER; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PORIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DISSOCIATION; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; ION CONDUCTANCE; LIPID BILAYER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SULFUR BACTERIUM; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ECTOTHIORHODOSPIRA SHAPOSHNIKOVII; PHOTOBACTERIA; THIORHODOSPIRA;

EID: 0029792485     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050372     Document Type: Article

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