Gating mechanisms of mechanosensitive channels of large conductance, II: Systematic study of conformational transitions

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 581-596

  Tang, Yuye ^a   Yoo, Jejoong ^b   Yethiraj, Arun ^b   Cui, Qiang ^b   Chen, Xi ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; QUANTUM THEORY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; QUANTUM THEORY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 47749128439     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.128496     Document Type: Article

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