An improved open-channel structure of MscL determined from FRET confocal microscopy and simulation

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 483-494

  Corry, Ben ^a   Hurst, Annette C ^b   Pal, Prithwish ^a,b,c   Nomura, Takeshi ^c   Rigby, Paul ^a   Martinac, Boris ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c VICTOR CHANG CARDIAC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; LIPID BILAYER; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; LIPID BILAYERS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 77957833040     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 15407748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200910376     Document Type: Article

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