On the structure of the N-terminal domain of the MscL channel: Helical bundle or membrane interface

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2283-2291

  Iscla, Irene ^a   Wray, Robin ^a   Blount, Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; DISULFIDE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; MSCL PROTEIN, E COLI; TB MSCL PROTEIN, MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TB-MSCL PROTEIN, MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYSTEINE; DISULFIDES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 51649115608     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.127423     Document Type: Article

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