Mechanosensitive channel gating transitions resolved by functional changes upon pore modification

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3684-3691

  Bartlett, Jessica L ^a   Li, Yuezhou ^a   Blount, Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CHANNEL GATING; CYTOPLASM; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; VESTIBULE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33751217731     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.088062     Document Type: Article

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