Aquaporins from pathogenic protozoan parasites: Structure, function and potential for chemotherapy

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 373-383

  Beitz, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquaglyceroporin; Glycerol; Malaria; Protozoa; Water

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AQUAGLYCEROPORIN; AQUAPORIN; GLYCEROL; LIPID; WATER;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRUG TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; GENOME; GENOME ANALYSIS; GLYCOLYSIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; LIPOGENESIS; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; WATER METABOLISM; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER TRANSPORT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; AQUAPORINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GLYCEROL; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSMOSIS; PERMEABILITY; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; PROTOZOA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRYPANOSOMA; WATER;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 21044454794     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BC20040095     Document Type: Review

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