Domain organization of the MscS mechanosensitive channel of Escherichia coli

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 36-46

  Miller, Samantha ^a   Bartlett, Wendy ^a   Chandrasekaran, Subramanian ^a,b   Simpson, Sally ^a   Edwards, Michelle ^a   Booth, Ian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase; Gain of function; MscK; Structure; Topology

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; GENE PRODUCT; HYBRID PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN MSCL; PROTEIN MSCS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; ION CHANNELS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE DELETION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037413692     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg011     Document Type: Article

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