Quasi-symmetry in the Cryo-EM Structure of EmrE Provides the Key to Modeling its Transmembrane Domain

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 364, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 54-67

  Fleishman, Sarel J ^a   Harrington, Susan E ^a   Enosh, Angela ^a   Halperin, Dan ^a   Tate, Christopher G ^b   Ben Tal, Nir ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cryo EM; dual topology; mechanism of action; protein structure prediction; structural bioinformatics

Indexed keywords

MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN; PROTEIN EMRE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33750378835     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.08.072     Document Type: Article

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