Modelling and mutational analysis of Aspergillus nidulans UreA, a member of the subfamily of urea/H+ transporters in fungi and plants

Open Biology

Volumn 4, Issue JUNE, 2014, Pages

  Sanguinetti, Manuel ^a   Amillis, Sotiris ^b   Pantano, Sergio ^c   Scazzocchio, Claudio ^a,d,e   Ramón, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MONTEVIDEO   (Uruguay)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Permease; Sodium : solute symporter family; Structure function relationships

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; UREA; UREA TRANSPORTER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PLANT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLANTS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; UREA;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; MICROBACTERIUM LIQUEFACIENS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 84904015304     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsob.140070     Document Type: Article

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