Aquaporins: Phylogeny, Structure, and Physiology of Water Channels
- 1 October 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physiological Society in Physiology
- Vol. 14 (5) , 187-193
- https://doi.org/10.1152/physiologyonline.1999.14.5.187
Abstract
How water permeates cellular membranes and what this means for cell functioning and several diseases are now emerging from the study of the aquaporins (AQPs), the water channel family. A combination of sequence analysis, three-dimensional structure determination, and physiology of the AQP family proteins provides a glimpse into the workings of water channels.Keywords
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