Aquaporin molecular biology and clinical abnormalities of the water transport channels

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 428-434

  Knoers, Nine V A M ^a   Deen, Peter M T ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; VASOPRESSIN;

CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; FLUID BALANCE; GENE LOCATION; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEPHROGENIC DIABETES INSIPIDUS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 0031709822     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008480-199808000-00018     Document Type: Review

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