Mechanisms of molecular transport through the urea channel of Helicobacter pylori

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  McNulty, Reginald ^a,f   Ulmschneider, Jakob P ^b   Luecke, Hartmut ^a,c,d   Ulmschneider, Martin B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Irvine   (United States)

^e Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^f SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN HPUREI; PROTON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; HYDROLYSIS; PATHOGEN; PROTEIN; UREA;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; SOLUTE; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; UREA; WATER;

EID: 84890072910     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3900     Document Type: Article

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