Confirming the revised C-terminal domain of the MscL crystal structure

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4662-4667

  Maurer, Joshua A ^a,c   Elmore, Donald E ^b,c   Clayton, Daniel ^d   Xiong, Li ^b   Lester, Henry A ^d   Dougherty, Dennis A ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; MSCL PROTEIN, E COLI;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VALIDATION STUDY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; ION CHANNELS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 45849088065     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.127365     Document Type: Article

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