The story of the discovery of aquaporins: Convergent evolution of ideas - But who got there first?

Cellular and Molecular Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2-5

  Kuchel, P W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Nobel prize; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Red blood cell; Water channel; Water channel protein; Water transport

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; AQUAPORIN 1; BLOOD GROUP ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN CHIP 28; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AWARDS AND PRIZES; CONFERENCE PAPER; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; ROMANIA; WATER FLOW; WATER TRANSPORT;

AQUAPORINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHEMISTRY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; ROMANIA; WATER;

EID: 34247603358     PISSN: 01455680     EISSN: 1165158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1170/T741     Document Type: Conference Paper

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