ABC transporters: Physiology, structure and mechanism - An overview

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 152, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 205-210

  Higgins, Christopher F ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ABC transporters; Binding proteins; Mechanisms; Structure

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BINDING PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

BINDING AFFINITY; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0035019469     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(01)01193-7     Document Type: Review

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