Sensing and responding to membrane tension: The bacterial MscL channel as a model system

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 169-174

  Iscla, Irene ^a   Blount, Paul ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; METABOLISM; PRESSURE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ION CHANNELS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84864755327     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.06.021     Document Type: Review

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