Gating of the Large Mechanosensitive Channel in Situ: Estimation of the Spatial Scale of the Transition from Channel Population Responses

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 2846-2861

  Chiang, Chien Sung ^a   Anishkin, Andriy ^a   Sukharev, Sergei ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN MSCL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HISTOGRAM; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPHEROPLAST; STATISTICAL MODEL; WILD TYPE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 2142699569     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(04)74337-4     Document Type: Article

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