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Porins are protein molecules that were originally found in the outer membrane of GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA and that form multi-meric channels for the passive DIFFUSION of WATER; IONS; or other small molecules. Porins are present in bacterial CELL WALLS, as well as in plant, fungal, mammalian and other vertebrate CELL MEMBRANES and MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANES.
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- Porin
- Pore Protein
- Pore Proteins
- Protein, Pore
- Proteins, Pore
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.
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94; was PORINS (NM) 1977-93; PHOE PROTEIN was SY to PORINS (NM) 1977-93
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- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins (1985-1993)
- Membrane Proteins (1977-1984)
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- National Library of Medicine. Porins. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018272. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018272
- Porins. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porin_(protein)
- Porins. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67101192