Plasma membrane water permeability of cultured cells and epithelia measured by light microscopy with spatial filtering

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 283-296

  Farinas, Javier ^a,b   Kneen, Malea ^a,b   Moore, Megan ^a,b   Verkman, A S ^a,b  

^a Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaporin; Fourier optics; Trachea; Water transport

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; TOAD; TRACHEA; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BUFO MARINUS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELLS; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIUM; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; METHODS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSMOSIS; TRANSFECTION; URINARY BLADDER; VASOPRESSINS; WATER;

EID: 0030984472     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.110.3.283     Document Type: Article

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