Water transport by the bacterial channel α-hemolysin

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1418, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 117-126

  Paula, Stefan ^a,b   Akeson, Mark ^b   Deamer, David ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemolysin; Biological membrane; Pore size; Water channel; Water transport

Indexed keywords

HEMOLYSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE GHOST; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WATER TRANSPORT;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; RABBITS; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 0032941774     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-2736(99)00031-0     Document Type: Article

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