Electron crystallography of aquaporins

IUBMB Life

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 430-436

  Andrews, Simeon ^a   Reichow, Steve L ^a   Gonen, Tamir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaporin; Channel; Electron crystallography; Lipid protein interactions; Membrane junction

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 1; AQUAPORIN 4; AQUAPORIN; LIPID; PROTEIN; WATER;

CELL ADHESION; CELL JUNCTION; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTRON; HYDROGEN BOND; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; WATER PERMEABILITY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; WATER;

EID: 48849105126     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iub.53     Document Type: Review

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