An 8-Å projected structure of FhuA, a 'ligand-gated' channel of the Escherichia coli outer membrane

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 145-155

  Lambert, Olivier ^a   Moeck, Gregory S ^b   Levy, Daniel ^a   Plançon, Laure ^b   Letellier, Lucienne ^b   Rigaud, Jean Louis ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Electron crystallography; FhuA; Phage; Porins; Siderophore; Two dimensional crystals

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FERRIC HYDROXAMATE UPTAKE PROTEIN COMPONENT A; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PORIN; SIDEROPHORE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FHUA PROTEIN, E COLI; ION CHANNEL; PROTEOLIPID; PROTEOLIPOSOMES; VIRUS RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; CHANNEL GATING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; ION CHANNELS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEOLIPIDS; RECEPTORS, VIRUS; T-PHAGES;

EID: 0033563307     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1999.4115     Document Type: Article

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