Comparison of three structures of the multidrug transporter EmrE

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 457-464

  Tate, Christopher G ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPORTER; MULTIDRUG TRANSPORTER EMRE; PROTEIN; TETRAPHENYLPHOSPHONIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; BINDING SITE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ANTIPORTERS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33746624739     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2006.06.005     Document Type: Review

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