Potential role of cation-aquaporin interactions in autism

2009 1st Annual ORNL Biomedical Science and Engineering Conference, BSEC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Rajnarayanan, R ^a   Varadharajan, S ^c   Isokpehi, R ^b   Cohly, H ^b  

^a TOUGALOO COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Jackson State University   (United States)

^c DG Vaishnav College   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D STRUCTURE; AQUAPORINS; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS; BIVALENT CATIONS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CATION BINDING; DATA SETS; ENVIRONMENTAL AGENTS; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HIGH AFFINITY; LOOP STRUCTURE; MERCURY ION; METAL ION BINDING; MONOVALENT CATIONS; MULTIPLE AREAS; PREDICTIVE VALUES; PROTEIN DATA BANK; PURKINJE CELLS; TARGET CELLS; TRANS-MEMBRANE DOMAINS; WATER CHANNEL PROTEINS; WATER PERMEABILITY;

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; AMINATION; AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; BINDING ENERGY; INTERNET; MAMMALS; MERCURY (METAL); METAL IONS; METALS; ORGANIC ACIDS; POSITIVE IONS; TOBACCO; TRACE ANALYSIS;

BINDING SITES;

EID: 70349986927     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BSEC.2009.5090494     Document Type: Conference Paper

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