Channel-forming (porin) activity in Herpetosiphon aurantiacus Hp a2

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 6667-6670

  Harwardt, Rainer ^a   Maier, Elke ^b   Reichenbach, Hans ^c   Weckesser, Jürgen ^a   Benz, Roland ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PORIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATION EXCHANGE; CELL SURFACE; CHANNEL GATING; FAST PROTEIN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HERPETOSIPHON AURANTIACUS; LIPID BILAYER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PHOTOTROPHIC, GLIDING, SHEATHED, BUDDING OR APPENDAGED BACTERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHLOROFLEXI; ION CHANNELS; PERMEABILITY; PORINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HERPETOSIPHON; HERPETOSIPHON AURANTIACUS;

EID: 4544252332     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.19.6667-6670.2004     Document Type: Article

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