The Transporter Classification (TC) system, 2002

Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 287-337

  Busch, Wolfgang ^a   Saier Jr , Milton H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carriers; Channels; Classification; Membranes; Proteins; Transport

Indexed keywords

AEROLYSIN; ALAMETHICIN; AMYLIN; ANNEXIN; BACTERICIDAL PERMEABILITY INCREASING PROTEIN; BACTERIOCIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CARRIER PROTEIN; CATION CHANNEL; CECROPIN; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; COLICIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C9; CYTOLYSIN; CYTOTOXIN; DEFENSIN; DERMASEPTIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; ION CHANNEL; LACTOCIN S; LACTOCOCCIN; MELITTIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEDIOCIN; POLYCYSTIN; PORIN; SAPONIN; SECRETIN; SHIGA TOXIN; SODIUM CHANNEL; TACHYPLESIN; THIONINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; BACTERIUM; CHANNEL GATING; EUKARYOTE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODESMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; EUKARYOTA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTEINS;

EID: 0036431660     PISSN: 10409238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10409230290771528     Document Type: Review

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