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Dominant-negative suppression of big brain ion channel activity by mutation of a conserved glutamate in the first transmembrane domain.
Gene expression - 1 Jan 2007
Yool Andrea J
Abstract excerpt
The neurogenic protein Drosophila big brain (BIB), which is involved in the process of neuroblast determination, and the water channel aquaporin-1 (AQP1) are among a subset of the major intrinsic protein (MIP) channels that have been found to show gated monovalent cation channel activity. A glutamate residue in the first transmembrane (M1) domain is conserved throughout the MIP family. Mutation of this residue to...
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