Helix packing in polytopic membrane proteins: The lactose permease of Escherichia coli

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 537-542

  Kaback, H Ronald ^a   Voss, John ^a   Wu, Jianhua ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; LACTOSE PERMEASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030769787     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(97)80119-4     Document Type: Article

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