Structural biology: Molecular coin slots for urea

Nature

Volumn 462, Issue 7274, 2009, Pages 733-734

  Knepper, Mark A ^a   Mindell, Joseph A ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; DIMETHYLUREA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHLORETIN; UREA; UREA DERIVATIVE; WATER;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PROTEIN; UREA; WATER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; INTERSTITIUM; KIDNEY CELL; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TUBULE; KIDNEY TUBULE ABSORPTION; LIVER; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULE; NEPHRON; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THIN FILAMENT; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE; WATER RETENTION;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; UREA;

EID: 72049127325     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/462733a     Document Type: Short Survey

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