Surface tongue-and-groove contours lens MIP facilitate cell-to-cell adherence

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 300, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 779-789

  Fotiadis, Dimitrios ^a   Hasler, Lorenz ^a   Müller, Daniel J ^a   Stahlberg, Henning ^a   Kistler, Jörg ^b   Engel, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aquaporins; Atomic force microscopy; Major intrinsic protein; Sidedness; Two dimensional crystals

Indexed keywords

LENS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LENS FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

EID: 0034698003     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.3920     Document Type: Article

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