Identification of mutations that alter the gating of the Escherichia coli mechanosensitive channel protein, MscK

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 560-574

  Li, Chan ^a,c   Edwards, Michelle D ^a   Jeong, Hochterl ^b   Roth, John ^b   Booth, Ian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MSCK PROTEIN; MSCS PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; DRUG ACCUMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; WILD TYPE;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HYDROPHOBICITY; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34247383222     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05672.x     Document Type: Article

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