Mechanosensitive channels of bacteria and archaea share a common ancestral origin

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 14-25

  Kloda, Anna ^a   Martinac, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ion channels; Mechanosensitivity; Patch clamp; Phylogeny; Prokaryotes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; PROTEIN MJ 0170; PROTEIN MSCMJ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIUM; CHANNEL GATING; CONFERENCE PAPER; METHANOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIA; BIOPHYSICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCUS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0036520681     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002490100160     Document Type: Conference Paper

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