Ionic Currents Mediated by a Prokaryotic Homologue of CLC Cl- Channels

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 109-119

  Accardi, Alessio ^a   Kolmakova Partensky, Ludmila ^a   Williams, Carole ^a   Miller, Christopher ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CLC channel; Liposome; Planar bilayer; Reconstitution

Indexed keywords

ANION; CATION; CHLORIDE; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; GLUTAMIC ACID; LIPOSOME; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PORIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CHLORIDE CONDUCTANCE; CHLORIDE CURRENT; CHLORIDE TRANSPORT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; ION CURRENT; LIPID BILAYER; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PH; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIONS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GLUTAMIC ACID; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION;

EID: 0842304663     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200308935     Document Type: Article

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