Shuttling between two protein conformations: The common mechanism for sensory transduction and ion transport

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 452-457

  Spudich, John L ^a   Lanyi, Janos K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; HALORHODOPSIN;

ION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

HALOBACTERIA;

EID: 0030222328     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(96)80020-2     Document Type: Article

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