Gating of MscL studied by steered molecular dynamics

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 2087-2099

  Gullingsrud, Justin ^a   Schulten, Klaus ^a,b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CALCULATION; CHANNEL GATING; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ION CONDUCTANCE; LIPID BILAYER; MECHANOSENSITIVE CHANNEL; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SURFACE TENSION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0141754098     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74637-2     Document Type: Article

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