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Science 8 August 2008:
Vol. 321. no. 5890, pp. 781 - 782
DOI: 10.1126/science.1161495
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STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY:
Symmetric Transporters for Asymmetric Transport

Nathan K. Karpowich and Da-Neng Wang

The crystal structure of a membrane transporter protein sheds light on the molecular mechanism by which glucose is absorbed by the intestine and the kidneys.

Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine at the Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, and Department of Cell Biology, New York University School of Medicine, 540 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA. E-mail: karpowic{at}saturn.med.nyu.edu; wang{at}saturn.med.nyu.edu

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