Gain-of-function mutations indicate that Escherichia coli Kch forms a functional K+ conduit in vivo

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 4049-4058

  Kuo, Mario Meng Chiang ^a   Saimi, Yoshiro ^a   Kung, Ching ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Gain of function; Kch; Potassium channels; RCK

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; SORBITOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0042967999     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg409     Document Type: Article

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