Properties of the FhuA channel in the Escherichia coli outer membrane after deletion of FhuA portions within and outside the predicted gating loop

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 6913-6920

  Killmann, Helmut ^a   Benz, Roland ^b   Braun, Volkmar ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c Mikrobiologie II   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029805603     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.23.6913-6920.1996     Document Type: Article

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