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Structure of a tetrameric MscL in an expanded intermediate state

The ability of cells to sense and respond to mechanical force underlies diverse processes such as touch and hearing in animals, gravitropism in plants, and bacterial osmoregulation1, 2. In bacteria, mechanosensation is mediated by the mechanosensitive channels of large (MscL), small (MscS), potassiu...

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Autores principales: Liu, Zhenfeng, Gandhi, Chris S., Rees, Douglas C.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2737600/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19701184
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature08277