Electromechanical coupling model of gating the large mechanosensitive ion channel (MscL) of Escherichia coli by mechanical force

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2889-2902

  Gu, Liqun ^a   Liu, Weihong ^a   Martinac, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING;

EID: 0031806920     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77995-0     Document Type: Article

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