Conformational changes involved in MscL channel gating measured using FRET spectroscopy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Corry, Ben ^a   Rigby, Paul ^a   Liu, Zhen Wei ^b,c   Martinac, Boris ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; DYE; ION CHANNEL; LIPOSOME; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN MSCL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CHANNEL GATING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 28444478453     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 00063495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.072009     Document Type: Article

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