Patch clamp electrophysiology for the study of bacterial ion channels in giant spheroplasts of E. coli

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 966, Issue , 2013, Pages 367-380

  Martinac, Boris ^a,b   Rohde, Paul R ^a   Cranfield, Charles G ^a   Nomura, Takeshi ^a  

^a VICTOR CHANG CARDIAC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaea; Bacteria; Cephalexin; Laplace's law; Lysozyme; Mechanosensitive channels; Patch clamp

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ION CHANNELS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879301942     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-245-2_23     Document Type: Article

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