Structure and function of water channels

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 509-515

  Fujiyoshi, Yoshinori ^a,b   Mitsuoka, Kaoru ^a   De Groot, Bert L ^c   Philippsen, Ansgar ^e   Grubmüller, Helmut ^c   Agre, Peter ^d   Engel, Andreas ^e  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Japan Biological Information Research Center   (Japan)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 1; PROTON; AQUAPORIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; WATER;

CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SOLUTE; WATER TRANSPORT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AQUAPORINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; WATER;

EID: 0036667729     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(02)00355-X     Document Type: Review

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