The aquaporin-Z water channel gene of Escherichia coli: Structure, organization and phylogeny

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 89, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 321-329

  Calamita, Giuseppe ^a   Kempf, Bettina ^c   Rudd, Kenneth E ^d   Bonhivers, Mélanie ^e   Kneip, Susanne ^c   Bishai, William R ^b   Bremer, Erhard ^c   Agre, Peter ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

AqpZ; Aquaporins; Escherichia coli; Prokaryotes; Water transport

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; START CODON; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; WATER TRANSPORT;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0031443814     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0248-4900(97)83385-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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