High resolution AFM topographs of the Escherichia coli water channel aquaporin Z

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 4981-4987

  Scheuring, Simon ^b   Ringler, Philippe ^b   Borgnia, Mario ^a   Stahlberg, Henning ^b   Müller, Daniel J ^b   Agre, Peter ^a   Engel, Andreas ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Bacterial water channel; Loops; Sidedness; Volume

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; HISTIDINE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMAGING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AQUAPORINS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033568641     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.18.4981     Document Type: Article

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