Stoichiometry of the large conductance bacterial mechanosensitive channel of E. coli. A biochemical study

Journal of Membrane Biology

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 183-193

  Sukharev, S I ^a   Schroeder, M J ^b   McCaslin, D R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Covalent crosslinking; Escherichia coli; Mechanosensitive channel; Multimeric structure; Subunit assembly

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CROSS LINKING; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; STOICHIOMETRY;

NASA DISCIPLINE CELL BIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; ION TRANSPORT; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0033214365     PISSN: 00222631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002329900570     Document Type: Article

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