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The Structure of YnaI Implies Structural and Mechanistic Conservation in the MscS Family of Mechanosensitive Channels

Mechanosensitive channels protect bacteria against lysis caused by a sudden drop in osmolarity in their surroundings. Besides the channel of large conductance (MscL) and small conductance (MscS), Escherichia coli has five additional paralogs of MscS that are functional and widespread in the bacteria...

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Autores principales: Böttcher, Bettina, Prazak, Vojtech, Rasmussen, Akiko, Black, Susan S., Rasmussen, Tim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cell Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4559596/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26256535
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2015.06.023