Surface topographies at subnanometer-resolution reveal asymmetry and sidedness of aquaporin-1

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 264, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 907-918

  Walz, Thomas ^a   Tittmann, Peter ^b   Fuchs, Karl H ^b   Müller, Daniel J ^a,c   Smith, Barbara L ^d   Agre, Peter ^d   Gross, Heinz ^b   Engel, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaporin 1; Atomic force microscopy; Electron microscopy; Surface identification; Surface topography

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; BUFFER; LIPID; SERINE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FREEZE DRYING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 0030596147     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0686     Document Type: Article

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