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Guillermo Altenberg
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Assistant Professor
Physiology and Biophysics
UT Medical Branch at Galveston
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The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
301 University Boulevard, Route 0437
Galveston, TX 77555-0437
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galtenbe@utmb.edu
409-772-3026
http://www.utmb.edu/ncb/Faculty/AltenbergGuillermo.html
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Consortia Affiliations:
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GCC Membrane Biology
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Gulf Coast Consortia
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Gulf Coast Consortia Research Programs
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Faculty Affiliate
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Research Interests:
The focus of the work in my laboratory is the structure and function of membrane transport proteins. We study the structure, transport function and regulation of proteins of the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) superfamily such as P-glycoprotein, CFTR and MRP1. We also have a project on the structural bases for the regulation of connexins, the proteins that form the gap junctions. In addition, we are developing new sensors for glucose and calcium based on the use of specific glucose- and calcium-binding proteins fused to autofluorescent proteins (green fluorescent protein family).
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