Aquaporin-8-facilitated mitochondrial ammonia transport

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 393, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 217-221

  Soria, Leandro R ^a   Fanelli, Elena ^b   Altamura, Nicola ^c   Svelto, Maria ^b   Marinelli, Raúl A ^a   Calamita, Giuseppe ^b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ammonia transport; Aqua ammoniaporin; Inner mitochondrial membrane; Liver; Yeast expression system

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AQUAPORIN 8; FORMAMIDE; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; AQUAPORINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BRAIN; FORMAMIDES; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIA, LIVER; RATS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; WATER;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 77649181628     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.01.104     Document Type: Article

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