Structure of functional single AQP0 channels in phospholipid membranes

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 325, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 201-210

  Zampighi, Guido A ^a   Kreman, Michael ^a   Lanzavecchia, Salvatore ^b   Turk, Eric ^a   Eskandari, Sepehr ^c   Zampighi, Lorenzo ^a   Wright, Ernest M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaporin 0; Aquaporin 1; Electron microscopy; Envelopes; Freeze fracture; Surface topology

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; AQUAPORIN 0; AQUAPORIN 1; OLIGOMER; TETRAMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ATOM; CALCULATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FREEZE FRACTURE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0037261384     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)01200-7     Document Type: Article

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