Structural and mechanistic aspects of Amt/Rh proteins

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 472-481

  Javelle, Arnaud ^a   Lupo, Domenico ^a   Li, Xiao Dan ^a   Merrick, Mike ^b   Chami, Mohamed ^c   Ripoche, Pierre ^d   Winkler, Fritz K ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d hôpital Robert Debré et Institut national de la transfusion sanguine   (France)

Author keywords

Ammonia channels; Ammonium transporters; AmtB; Liposomes; Rhesus proteins

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM CHANNEL; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; LIPOSOME; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN AMT; PROTEIN RHESUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKALINIZATION; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ION CONDUCTANCE; LYSOSOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEOLIPOSOME;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34248546419     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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