Function and modulation of bacterial porins: Insights from electrophysiology

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 115-123

  Delcour, Anne H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Ion channel; Modulation; Outer membrane; Porin

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHANNEL GATING; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030841732     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00166-3     Document Type: Review

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