FhuA, a transporter of the Escherichia coli outer membrane, is converted into a channel upon binding of bacteriophage T5

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1850-1856

  Bonhivers, Mélanie ^a   Ghazi, Alexandre ^a   Boulanger, Pascale ^a   Letellier, Lucienne ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Carrier; Ion channel; Phage DNA; Planar lipid bilayer; Porin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; CARRIER PROTEIN; FERRICHROME; ION CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T5; BINDING SITE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ION CONDUCTANCE; ION CURRENT; ION TRANSPORT; IRON TRANSPORT; LIPID BILAYER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING;

EID: 0029914253     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00535.x     Document Type: Article

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