Recent progress in structure-function analyses of Nramp proton-dependent metal-ion transporters

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 960-978

  Coutville, P ^a   Chaloupka, R ^b   Cellier, M F M ^a  

^a INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Divalent cations; Membrane transport; Proton coupling; Solute carrier (SLC) 11 family

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELLS; DISEASES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; ION EXCHANGE; METAL IONS; POLYMORPHISM; PROTONS;

DIVALENT CATIONS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; PROTON COUPLING; SOLUTE CARRIER (SLC) 11 FAMILY;

PROTEINS;

CADMIUM; COBALT; IRON; MANGANESE; METAL ION; NATURAL RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN; NATURAL RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN 1; NATURAL RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN 2;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON OVERLOAD; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CATIONS, DIVALENT; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; HUMANS; ION TRANSPORT; METALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PROTONS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 33947400266     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/O06-193     Document Type: Conference Paper

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