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Comparison of human solute carriers

  1. Avner Schlessinger1,2,3,*,
  2. Pär Matsson1,2,3,
  3. James E. Shima1,2,3,4,
  4. Ursula Pieper1,2,3,
  5. Sook Wah Yee1,2,3,
  6. Libusha Kelly1,2,3,5,
  7. Leonard Apeltsin1,2,3,5,
  8. Robert M. Stroud6,
  9. Thomas E. Ferrin1,2,3,
  10. Kathleen M. Giacomini1,2,3,
  11. Andrej Sali1,2,3,*

Article first published online: 5 JAN 2010

DOI: 10.1002/pro.320

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Protein Science

Protein Science

Volume 19, Issue 3, pages 412–428, March 2010

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Schlessinger, A., Matsson, P., Shima, J. E., Pieper, U., Yee, S. W., Kelly, L., Apeltsin, L., Stroud, R. M., Ferrin, T. E., Giacomini, K. M. and Sali, A. (2010), Comparison of human solute carriers. Protein Science, 19: 412–428. doi: 10.1002/pro.320

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  1. 1

    Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California

  2. 2

    Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, California

  3. 3

    California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California, San Francisco, California

  4. 4

    Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics, University of California, San Francisco, California

  5. 5

    Graduate Program in Biological and Medical Informatics, University of California, San Francisco, California

  6. 6

    Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, California

*Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, and California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA

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  1. Issue published online: 22 FEB 2010
  2. Article first published online: 5 JAN 2010
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 14 DEC 2009
  4. Manuscript Revised: 10 DEC 2009
  5. Manuscript Received: 14 AUG 2009

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  • Hewlett Packard
  • IBM
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  • Intel
  • Ron Conway
  • Mike Homer

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