A yeast-based phenotypic screen for aquaporin inhibitors

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 456, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 717-720

  Wu, Binghua ^a   Altmann, Karin ^a   Barzel, Ina ^a   Krehan, Susanne ^a   Beitz, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Aquaporin; Assay; Compound library screening; Methylamine

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; AQUAPORIN 1; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; METHYLAMINE; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TARGETING; FLUORESCENCE; FUNGAL STRAIN; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WATER TRANSPORT; YEAST;

AQUAPORINS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; METHYLAMINES; PERMEABILITY; PHENOTYPE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM; YEASTS;

EID: 43749121916     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-007-0383-3     Document Type: Article

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