A water channel of the nematode C. elegans and its implications for channel selectivity of MIP proteins

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 275, Issue 6 44-6, 1998, Pages

  Kuwahara, Michio ^a,c   Ishibashi, Kenichi ^a   Gu, Yong ^a   Terada, Yoshio ^a   Kohara, Yuji ^b   Marumo, Fumiaki ^a   Sasaki, Sei ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aquaporin; Caenorhabditis elegans; Glycerol facilitator; Glycerol permeability; Major intrinsic protein; Urea permeability; Water permeability

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; MAJOR INTRINSIC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EMBRYO; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SOLUBILITY; WATER PERMEABILITY; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0032437810     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1998.275.6.c1459     Document Type: Article

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