Biochemistry: Opening the molecular floodgates

Science

Volumn 321, Issue 5893, 2008, Pages 1166-1167

  Gandhi, Chris S ^a   Rees, Douglas C ^a,b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE; TENSION;

CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; WATER FLOW;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HYDROPHOBICITY; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; LIPID BILAYERS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 50649114379     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1162963     Document Type: Short Survey

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