How do membrane proteins sense water stress?

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 889-902

  Poolman, Bert ^a,c   Blount, Paul ^b   Folgering, Joost H A ^a   Friesen, Robert H E ^c   Moe, Paul C ^b   Van Der Heide, Tiemen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ION; LIPID; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CELL TURGOR; CYTOPLASM; HYDRATION; IONIC STRENGTH; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; OSMOLALITY; OSMOREGULATION; OSMOTIC STRESS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; REGNUM; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLUTE; TENSION; WATER STRESS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; LIPID BILAYERS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; WATER; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0036093507     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.02894.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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