Structural Basis of Aquaporin Inhibition by Mercury

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 368, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 607-617

  Savage, David F ^a   Stroud, Robert M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

aquaporin; integral membrane protein; membrane protein structure; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; MERCURY;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; GENE MUTATION; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 34047181984     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.02.070     Document Type: Article

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