Analysis of the function and stability of the mechanosensitive channel of small conductance (MscS)

When Escherichia coli cells are grown in a highly osmotic environment the cell accumulates compatible solutes to stop the outflow of water from the cytoplasm due to osmosis. If this same cell were diluted to low osmolarity media water moves into the cell to dilute the internal contents this dramatic...

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Main Author: Hayward, Nicholas
Published: University of Aberdeen 2012
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.569792