Hydrophilicity of a single residue within MscL correlates with increased channel mechanosensitivity

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1960-1972

  Yoshimura, Kenjiro ^a,b   Batiza, Ann ^a   Schroeder, Matt ^a   Blount, Paul ^a,c   Kung, Ching ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLYCINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHILICITY; ION CONDUCTANCE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; SPHEROPLAST;

EID: 0032826458     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77037-2     Document Type: Article

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