M2 Proton Channel: Toward a Model of a Primitive Proton Pump

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 241-248

  Wei, Chenyu ^a,b   Pohorille, Andrew ^a,b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy transduction; Ion channels; Membrane proteins; Proton pump; Proton transport

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON; ION; MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PH; PROTEIN;

INFLUENZA A VIRUS;

PROTON PUMP; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ASTRONOMY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS;

EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTON PUMPS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84930415345     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-015-9421-x     Document Type: Article

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