Aquaglyceroporins, one channel for two molecules

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics

Volumn 1555, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 181-186

  Thomas, Daniel ^a   Bron, Patrick ^a   Ranchy, Grégory ^a   Duchesne, Laurence ^a   Cavalier, Annie ^a   Rolland, Jean Paul ^a   Raguénès Nicol, Céline ^a   Hubert, Jean François ^a   Haase, Winfried ^b   Delamarche, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquaglyceroporin; Aquaporin; Freeze fracture; Glycerol facilitator; Selectivity filter; Sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; MAJOR INTRINSIC PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MONOMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOFILTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORIN 1; AQUAPORINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FREEZE FRACTURING; GLYCEROL; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OOCYTES; PARTICLE SIZE; WATER; XENOPUS;

EID: 18644379635     PISSN: 00052728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-2728(02)00275-X     Document Type: Article

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