Structure and Mechanism of a Nitrate Transporter

Cell Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 716-723

  Yan, Hanchi ^a,b   Huang, Weiyun ^a,b   Yan, Chuangye ^a,b   Gong, Xinqi ^a,b   Jiang, Sirui ^a,b   Zhao, Yu ^a,b   Wang, Jiawei ^a,b   Shi, Yigong ^a,b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE TRANSPORTER; NITRATE TRANSPORTER NARK; NITRATE TRANSPORTER NARU; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 84875810015     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22111247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2013.03.007     Document Type: Article

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