NPA motifs play a key role in plasma membrane targeting of aquaporin-4

IUBMB Life

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 222-226

  Guan, Xin Gang ^a   Su, Wei Heng ^a   Yi, Fei ^a   Zhang, Di ^a   Hao, Feng ^a   Zhang, Hong Guo ^a   Liu, Yue Jiao ^a   Feng, Xue Chao ^a   Ma, Tong Hui ^a  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aquaporin 4; Mutagenesis; NPA motifs; Plasma membrane targeting

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AQUAPORIN 11; AQUAPORIN 12; AQUAPORIN 4; ASPARAGINE; PROLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENE DELETION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; AQUAPORIN 4; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHO CELLS; COS CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 77951125212     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iub.311     Document Type: Article

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