Advances in aquaporin research

Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 511-512

  Zhu, Mei Jun ^a   Wang, Xue Chen ^a   Chen, Jia ^a   Du, Min ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aquaporin; Function; Selectivity; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 22444436309     PISSN: 10003282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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