The MscS and MscL families of mechanosensitive channels act as microbial emergency release valves

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 4802-4809

  Bootha, Ian R ^a   Blount, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; MECHANOSENSITIVE ION CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN MSCL; PROTEIN MSCS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL CELL; CELL ORGANELLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; FUNGAL GENOME; HYPOOSMOTIC STRESS; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ION CHANNELS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; MYCOPLASMA;

EID: 84866368429     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00576-12     Document Type: Short Survey

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