Molecular dissection of the large mechanosensitive ion channel (MscL) of E. coli: Mutants with altered channel gating and pressure sensitivity

Journal of Membrane Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-25

  Hase C C ^a,b   Le Dain, A C ^a   Martinac, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Gene; Ion channel; Mechanosensation; Patch clamp

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; ION CHANNEL; MUTANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRESSURE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0030922654     PISSN: 00222631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002329900212     Document Type: Article

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