Oligomerization state of MIP proteins expressed in Xenopus oocytes as revealed by freeze-fracture electron-microscopy analysis

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 287-296

  Bron, Patrick ^a   Lagrée, Valérie ^a   Froger, Alexandrine ^a   Rolland, Jean Paul ^a   Hubert, Jean François ^a   Delamarche, Christian ^a   Deschamps, Stéphane ^a   Pellerin, Isabelle ^a   Thomas, Daniel ^a   Haase, Winfried ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Freeze fracture; MIP family; Oligomerization state; Orthogonal array; Xenopus oocyte

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FREEZE FRACTURE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033619938     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1999.4196     Document Type: Article

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