Aquaporins and water permeability of plant membranes

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 48, Issue , 1997, Pages 399-429

  Maurel, Christophe ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DU VÉGÉTAL   (France)

Author keywords

Hydraulic conductivity; Lipid bilayer; Osmosis; Turgor; Water channel

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0348199154     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.48.1.399     Document Type: Article

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