The pathway and spatial scale for MscS inactivation

The mechanosensitive channel of small conductance (MscS) is a bacterial tension-driven osmolyte release valve with homologues in many walled eukaryotic organisms. When stimulated by steps of tension in excised patches, Escherichia coli MscS exhibits transient opening followed by reversible adaptatio...

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Main Authors: Kamaraju, Kishore, Belyy, Vladislav, Rowe, Ian, Anishkin, Andriy, Sukharev, Sergei
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3135322/