Conformational changes in the mitochondrial channel protein, VDAC, and their functional implications

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 207-218

  Mannella, Carmen A ^a,b  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Circular dichroism; Cytochrome c; Electron microscopy; Image processing; Mitochondria; Porin; Sequence analysis; Two dimensional crystals; VDAC; Voltage gated ion channel

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PORIN; VOLTAGE GATED CHANNEL FORMING PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FUNGUS; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031857554     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1997.3954     Document Type: Article

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