A novel-type substrate-selectivity filter and ER-exit determinants in the UapA purine transporter

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 357, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 808-819

  Vlanti, Anna ^a   Amillis, Sotiris ^a   Koukaki, Marina ^a   Diallinas, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aspergillus nidulans; Structure function relationships; Uric acid; Xanthine

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AROMATIC AMINO ACID; ASPARAGINE; GLUTAMINE; NUCLEOBASE TRANSPORTER; PURINE; SERINE; THREONINE; URIC ACID;

ALLELE; ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; FILTER; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

EID: 33644947026     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.12.070     Document Type: Article

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