Three-dimensional analysis of the 16 nm urothelial plaque particle: Luminal surface exposure, preferential head-to-head interaction, and hinge formation

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 285, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 595-608

  Kachar, Bechara ^a   Liang, Fengxia ^b   Lins, Ulysses ^a   Ding, Mingxiao ^b,c   Wu, Xue Ru ^b,d   Stoffler, Daniel ^e   Aebi, Ueli ^e   Sun, Tung Tien ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asymmetric unit membrane; Bladder epithelium; Uroplakin; Urothelial differentiation; Urothelial plaque

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL; FREEZE ETCHING; GLYCOCALYX; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; URINE; UROTHELIUM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033556282     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2304     Document Type: Article

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