Influence of membrane organization on the dimerization ability of ToxR from Photobacterium profundum under high hydrostatic pressure

High Pressure Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 431-442

  Linke, Kai ^a   Periasamy, Nagarajan ^b   Eloe, Emiley A ^c   Ehrmann, Matthias ^a   Winter, Roland ^b   Bartlett, Douglas H ^c   Vogel, Rudi F ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

High pressure; Membrane protein; Photobacterium profundum; Signalling; ToxR

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOMAL INTEGRATION; HIGH HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; HIGH-PRESSURE MEMBRANES; INTEGRAL MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MARGINAL EFFECTS; PHENETHYL ALCOHOL; PHOTOBACTERIUM PROFUNDUM; REGULATORY PROTEIN; TRANSMEMBRANES; UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACIDS; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURES; ORGANIC POLYMERS;

PROTEINS;

EID: 74549204505     PISSN: 08957959     EISSN: 14772299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08957950903129114     Document Type: Article

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