Sizing the protein translocation pathway of colicin Ia channels

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 161-176

  Kienker, Paul K ^a   Jakes, Karen S ^a   Blaustein, Robert O ^b,c   Miller, Christopher ^b   Finkelstein, Alan ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Conotoxin; Apamin; Charybdotoxin; Disulfides; Molecular stoppers

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CONOTOXIN; APAMIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHARYBDOTOXIN; COLICIN; COLICIN 1A; CONOTOXIN; POLYPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; COLICINS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0042415410     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200308852     Document Type: Article

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