Visualisation of the mechanosensitive channel of large conductance in bacteria using confocal microscopy

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 396-402

  Norman, Christel ^a   Liu, Zhen Wei ^a   Rigby, Paul ^b   Raso, Albert ^a   Petrov, Yevgeniy ^a   Martinac, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Green fluorescent protein; Mechanosensitive channel of large conductance; Patch clamp

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE FUSION; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PATCH CLAMP; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOPHYSICS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOPLASM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; ION CHANNELS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PLASMIDS; PRESSURE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPHEROPLASTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 22844433065     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-005-0475-y     Document Type: Article

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