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Projection map of aquaporin-1 determined by electron crystallography

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Using cryo-electron microscopy we have determined a projection map of the structure of the water-selective pore aquaporin-1.

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  1. Maurice E. Müller-Institute, Biozentrum, University of Basel, CH-4056, Basel, Switzerland

    Thomas Walz & Andreas Engel

  2. Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, D-8033, Martinsried bei München, Germany

    Dieter Typke

  3. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Depts of Biological Chemistry and Medicine, 725 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, Maryland, 21205-2185, USA

    Barbara L. Smith & Peter Agre

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Walz, T., Typke, D., Smith, B. et al. Projection map of aquaporin-1 determined by electron crystallography. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2, 730–732 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/nsb0995-730

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