Towards an understanding of the structural and functional properties of MscL, a mechanosensitive channel in bacteria

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 87, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 1-8

  Blount, Paul ^a   Sukharev, Sergei I ^a   Moe, Paul C ^a   Nagle, Scott K ^a   Kung, Ching ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Mechanosensation; Mechanosensitive channel; Patch clamp; Stretch activated channel

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0030477115     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0248-4900(97)89832-2     Document Type: Review

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