Genetically engineered metal ion binding sites on the outside of a channel's transmembrane β-barrel

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 837-845

  Kasianowicz, John J ^a   Burden, Daniel L ^b   Han, Linda C ^a   Cheley, Stephen ^c   Bayley, Hagan ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID DERIVATIVE; COBALT; COPPER; HEMOLYSIN; HISTIDINE DERIVATIVE; ION CHANNEL; METAL ION; NICKEL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEMOLYSIS; ION CONDUCTANCE; ION CURRENT; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SENSOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0032987931     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77247-4     Document Type: Article

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