Energetic and spatial parameters for gating of the bacterial large conductance mechanosensitive channel, MscL

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 525-539

  Sukharev, Sergei I ^a,d   Sigurdson, Wade J ^b   Kung, Ching ^c   Sachs, Frederick ^b  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Kinetics; Mechanical; Membrane; Stretch; Tension

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; COVALENT BOND; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; ION CONDUCTANCE; LIPID BILAYER; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SECOND MESSENGER;

NASA DISCIPLINE CELL BIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ALGORITHMS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; KINETICS; LIPID BILAYERS; LIPOSOMES; MARKOV CHAINS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0032935824     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.113.4.525     Document Type: Article

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