Structure and mechanism in prokaryotic mechanosensitive channels

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 432-442

  Perozo, Eduardo ^a   Rees, Douglas C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

CELL MEMBRANE; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0041929590     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(03)00106-4     Document Type: Review

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