Mechanosensitive channels in Archaea

Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 349-381

  Kloda, Anna ^a   Martinac, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphipaths; Archaea; Boltzmann distribution; Ester linkage; Ether linkage; Osmoregulation; Peptidoglycan; Turgor; YggB

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; ESTER; ETHER DERIVATIVE; ION CHANNEL; LIPID; MSCS PROTEIN, E COLI; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; EVOLUTION; LIPID BILAYER; METABOLISM; METHANOCOCCUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATCH CLAMP; PH; PHYLOGENY; PRESSURE; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEA; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; ESTERS; ETHERS; EVOLUTION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ION CHANNELS; LIPID BILAYERS; LIPIDS; METHANOCOCCUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHYLOGENY; PRESSURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035750482     PISSN: 10859195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/CBB:34:3:349     Document Type: Article

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