Biochemical characterization of Leishmania major aquaglyceroporin LmAQP1: Possible role in volume regulation and osmotaxis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1006-1017

  Figarella, Katherine ^a,d   Uzcategui, Nestor L ^a,e   Zhou, Yao ^a   LeFurgey, Ann ^b   Ouellette, Marc ^c   Bhattacharjee, Hiranmoy ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Rita ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Instituto Internacional de Estudios Avanzados IDEA   (Venezuela)

^e UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAGLYCEROPORIN; SUGAR ALCOHOL;

AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; FLAGELLUM; HYPOOSMOTIC STRESS; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LEISHMANIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; AQUAGLYCEROPORINS; ARGININE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL SIZE; CHEMOTAXIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION; OOCYTES; OSMOSIS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; XENOPUS;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR;

EID: 34547665529     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05845.x     Document Type: Article

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