Protonmotive force, ExbB and ligand-bound FepA drive conformational changes in TonB

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1809-1824

  Larsen, Ray A ^a   Thomas, Michael G ^a,b   Postle, Kathleen ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTON MOTIVE FORCE;

NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032991467     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01317.x     Document Type: Article

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