A Review of Basic Facts of Protein Structure and Function

This web resource reviews basic facts of protein chemistry as background for the Core Foundations of Medicine material, which will emphasize more advanced aspects of proteomics and features of proteins specifically relevant to human biology and human disease.

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Three-dimensional structure of human cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR), a complex that spans the plasma membrane of epithelial cells and mediates transport of chloride ions
(Lewis et al. (2005) J Biol Chem 280:1346-1353 PubMed: 15528182)