Biophysics of gating phenomena in voltage-dependent OmpC mutant porin channels (R74C and R37C) of Escherichia coli outer membranes

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 389-399

  Mobasheri, Hamid ^a   Lea, Edward J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bilayer; Biophysics; Channels; Gating; Porin

Indexed keywords

PORIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; LIPOSOME; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN C;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONDUCTANCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CELLS, CULTURED; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ION CHANNEL GATING; LIPOSOMES; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PORINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036736217     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-002-0235-1     Document Type: Article

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