Ammonia and urea permeability of mammalian aquaporins

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

Volumn 190, Issue , 2009, Pages 327-358

  Zeuthen, Thomas ^a   Litman, Thomas ^b   Søgaard, Rikke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AQUAPORIN; AQUAPORIN 1; AQUAPORIN 10; AQUAPORIN 2; AQUAPORIN 3; AQUAPORIN 4; AQUAPORIN 5; AQUAPORIN 6; AQUAPORIN 7; AQUAPORIN 8; AQUAPORIN 9; ARGININE; GLYCEROL; GLYCOPROTEIN; NITROGEN; PROTON; RH ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN; RH B GLYCOPROTEIN; RH C GLYCOPROTEIN; RHESUS ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; CARRIER PROTEIN; UREA TRANSPORTER;

ALKALINITY; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE; KIDNEY; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; LIPID BILAYER; LIVER; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PH; POINT MUTATION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; REVIEW; URINARY EXCRETION; VOLTAGE CLAMP; WATER PERMEABILITY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PERMEABILITY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; AQUAPORINS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PERMEABILITY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; UREA;

EID: 61449361443     PISSN: 01712004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-79885-9_17     Document Type: Review

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