Functional characterization of three aquaglyceroporins from Trypanosoma brucei in osmoregulation and glycerol transport

Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 411-420

  Bassarak, Björn ^a   Uzcátegui, Nestor L ^b   Schönfeld, Caroline ^a   Duszenko, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Aquaglyceroporins; Glycerol transport; Osmoregulation; RNA interference; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

AQUAGLYCEROPORIN; AQUAGLYCEROPORIN 1; AQUAGLYCEROPORIN 2; AQUAGLYCEROPORIN 3; AQUAPORIN 2; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; GLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAGELLUM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; OSMOTIC STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 79953781197     PISSN: 10158987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327968     Document Type: Article

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