Cysteine Scanning of MscL Transmembrane Domains Reveals Residues Critical for Mechanosensitive Channel Gating

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 2862-2870

  Levin, Gal ^a   Blount, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; IN VIVO STUDY; MECHANOSENSITIVE CHANNEL OF LARGE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 2142708147     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(04)74338-6     Document Type: Article

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