Controlled delivery of bioactive molecules into live cells using the bacterial mechanosensitive channel MscL

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Doerner, Julia F ^a,b   Febvay, Sebastien ^a,c   Clapham, David E ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CELL STRAIN COS1; CHO CELL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; HAMSTER; HELA CELL; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CHO CELLS; COS CELLS; CRICETINAE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; PHALLOIDINE;

EID: 84866121847     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1999     Document Type: Article

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