Mechanosensitive channels in prokaryotes

Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 61-76

  Martinac, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaea; Bacteria; Bilayer model; Evolution; Gene duplication; Mechanosensory transduction; MS channels; Osmoregulation; Patch clamp; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

GENE DUPLICATION; ION CONDUCTANCE; MECHANORECEPTOR; METHANOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOCOCCUS; PROKARYOTA; THERMOPLASMA ACIDOPHILUM;

EID: 0035085703     PISSN: 10158987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000047793     Document Type: Review

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