How many states can the motor molecule, prestin, assume in an electric field?

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Scherer, Marc P ^a   Gummer, Anthony W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MOTOR;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; HAIR CELL; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULE; PARAMETER; POLARIZATION; PRESTIN; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

EID: 17844406646     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.059782     Document Type: Article

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