Studies of structural changes in the M2 proton channel of influenza a virus by tryptophan fluorescence

Virus Research

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-61

  Czabotar, Peter E ^a   Martin, Stephen R ^a   Hay, Alan J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Influenza A; M2 proton channel; pH dependence; Tryptophan fluorescence

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VIRUS MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; MATRIX PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLUORESCENCE; GENETICS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; ION CURRENT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VIRUS ENVELOPE;

INFLUENZA A VIRUS;

EID: 0347480205     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2003.10.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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