Purification and Functional Reconstitution of N- and C-Halves of the MscL Channel

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 2129-2136

  Park, Kyu Ho ^a   Berrier, Catherine ^a   Martinac, Boris ^b   Ghazi, Alexandre ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIPID BILAYER; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 1942487703     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(04)74272-1     Document Type: Article

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