A new gating site in human aquaporin-4: Insights from molecular dynamics simulations

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1838, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3052-3060

  Alberga, Domenico ^a   Nicolotti, Orazio ^a   Lattanzi, Gianluca ^a   Nicchia, Grazia Paola ^a   Frigeri, Antonio ^a   Pisani, Francesco ^a   Benfenati, Valentina ^b   Mangiatordi, Giuseppe Felice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la Fotoreattività   (Italy)

Author keywords

AQP4; Aquaporins; Gating; Molecular dynamics; Water transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949117636     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: 18792642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2014.08.015     Document Type: Article

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