Ammonium recruitment and ammonia transport by E. coli ammonia channel AmtB

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4401-4412

  Nygaard, Thomas P ^a   Rovira, Carme ^b   Peters, Günther H ^a   Jensen, Morten Ø ^c,d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Centre de Recerca en Quimica Teorica   (Spain)

^c ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d D E SHAW RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN AMMONIA TRANSPORTER B;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33845461593     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.089714     Document Type: Article

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