Porins of Escherichia coli: Unidirectional gating by pressure

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 3524-3528

  Le Dain, Alexander C ^a   Häse, Claudia C ^a   Tommassen, Jan ^b   Martinac, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Ion channel; Mechanosensation; Porin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; LIPOSOME; MUTANT PROTEIN; PORIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029897494     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00721.x     Document Type: Article

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