Structural clues in the sequences of the aquaporins

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 295, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1039-1053

  Heymann, J Bernard ^a   Engel, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Correlated mutation; Glycerol facilitator; Hydrophobicity; Informational entropy; MIP family

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; GLYCEROL DERIVATIVE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENTROPY; ERYTHROCYTE; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIODICITY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034723156     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3413     Document Type: Article

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