Estimation of the pore size of the large-conductance mechanosensitive ion channel of Escherichia coli

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1925-1931

  Cruickshank, Christopher C ^a   Minchin, Rodney F ^a   Le Dain, Alexander C ^a   Martinac, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADAVERINE; ION CHANNEL; POLYLYSINE; PUTRESCINE; SODIUM CHANNEL; SPERMIDINE; SUCCINIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE MODEL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

ANURA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030866749     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78223-7     Document Type: Article

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