Molecular mechanisms and drug development in aquaporin water channel diseases: Aquaporin superfamily (superaquaporins): Expansion of aquaporins restricted to multicellular organisms

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 276-279

  Morishita, Yoshiyuki ^a   Sakube, Yasuji ^b   Sasaki, Sei ^c   Ishibashi, Kenichi ^d  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SAKURA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aquaporin; Asparagine proline alanine (NPA) box; Knockout mice; Polycystic kidney

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AQUAPORIN; ASPARAGINE; PROLINE;

CHANNEL GATING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; ORGANOGENESIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 10944255127     PISSN: 13478613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jphs.FMJ04004X7     Document Type: Short Survey

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