The major outer membrane protein of Chlamydia psittaci functions as a porin-like ion channel

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 5202-5207

  Wyllie, Susan ^a,b   Ashley, Richard H ^b   Longbottom, David ^a   Herring, Alan J ^a,c  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Public Health Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ION CHANNEL; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PORIN;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032425657     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.11.5202-5207.1998     Document Type: Article

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