Characterization of leishmania donovani aquaporins shows presence of subcellular aquaporins similar to tonoplast intrinsic proteins of plants

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Biyani, Neha ^a   Mandal, Swati ^a   Seth, Chandan ^a   Saint, Malika ^a   Natarajan, Krishnamurthy ^a   Ghosh, Indira ^a   Madhubala, Rentala ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AQUAPORIN; ARGININE; GLYCEROL; VALINE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TONOPLAST INTRINSIC PROTEIN, PLANT; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; LDAQP GENE; LDAQP1 GENE; LDAQP2680 GENE; LDAQP2870 GENE; LDAQP9 GENE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TONOPLAST; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AQUAPORINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 80053232424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024820     Document Type: Article

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