A new subfamily of major intrinsic proteins in plants

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 456-461

  Johanson, Urban ^a,b   Gustavsson, Sofia ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Department of Plant Biochemistry ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aquaporins; Glycerol facilitators; MIPs; SIPs; Water channels

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; DATA BASE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TONOPLAST;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI;

EID: 0036221680     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a004101     Document Type: Article

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