Nitric oxide conduction by the brain aquaporin AQP4

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 661-670

  Wang, Yi ^a   Tajkhorshid, Emad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaporin 4; Free energy; Gas conduction; Gas permeation; Membrane channels; Molecular dynamics; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 1; AQUAPORIN 4; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; ENERGY TRANSFER; GAS PERMEABILITY; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; ANIMAL; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; BRAIN LEVEL; CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORIN 1; AQUAPORIN 4; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DIFFUSION; HUMANS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN;

EID: 77949900190     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.22595     Document Type: Article

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