OCAM: A new tool for studying the oligomeric diversity of MscL channels

Protein Science

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 313-326

  Gandhi, Chris S ^a   Walton, Troy A ^a,b   Rees, Douglas C ^a,b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue native PAGE; Mechanosensitive channel; Membrane protein; Oligomeric diversity; Protein assembly; SEC MALS; Subunit counting

Indexed keywords

MECHANOSENSITIVE CHANNEL OF LARGE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OLIGOMER; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TETRAMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMER CHARACTERIZATION BY THE ADDITION OF MASS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; ION CHANNELS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 79251582837     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.562     Document Type: Article

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