Glycerol Conductance and Physical Asymmetry of the Escherichia coli Glycerol Facilitator GlpF

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2977-2987

  Lu, Deyu ^a   Grayson, Paul ^a   Schulten, Klaus ^a  

^a United States of America   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; GLYCEROL; GLYCEROL FACILITATOR; MALTOPORIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONDUCTANCE; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FORCE; GEOMETRY; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ASYMMETRY; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STEADY STATE; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0242332305     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74718-3     Document Type: Article

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