AcrA is a highly asymmetric protein capable of spanning the periplasm

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 285, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 409-420

  Zgurskaya, Helen I ^a   Nikaido, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical ultracentrifugation; Dynamic light scattering; E. coli; Multidrug resistance; Reconstitution

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CARRIER PROTEIN; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; DRUG TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDRODYNAMICS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033534373     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2313     Document Type: Article

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