MscS, the bacterial mechanosensitive channel of small conductance

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 581-585

  Hurst, Annette C ^a   Petrov, Evgeny ^a   Kloda, Anna ^a   Nguyen, Thom ^b   Hool, Livia ^b   Martinac, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mechanosensitive channel; Membrane tension; Osmotic valve; Parabens

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHORT SURVEY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 39649083586     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2007.03.013     Document Type: Short Survey

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