The role of lipids in mechanosensation

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 991-998

  Pliotas, Christos ^a   Dahl, A Caroline E ^b   Rasmussen, Tim ^c   Mahendran, Kozhinjampara R ^d   Smith, Terry K ^a   Marius, Phedra ^a   Gault, Joseph ^d   Banda, Thandiwe ^c   Rasmussen, Akiko ^c   Miller, Samantha ^c   Robinson, Carol V ^d   Bayley, Hagan ^d   Sansom, Mark S P ^b   Booth, Ian R ^c,e   Naismith, James H ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^f SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; MSCS PROTEIN, E COLI; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIPID BILAYER; MECHANOSENSATION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; SENSATION; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; PHYSIOLOGY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; ION CHANNELS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 84949530498     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.3120     Document Type: Article

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