A regrettable mistake in the award of the 2003 nobel prize in chemistry: The omission of Gheorghe Benga, the first discoverer of the water channel protein in the red blood cell membrane

Cellular and Molecular Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 8-9

  Haulica I ^a  

^a Iassy Branch of the Romanian Academy   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AWARDS AND PRIZES; CONFERENCE PAPER; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EPILEPSY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; WATER TRANSPORT;

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

EID: 34247613422     PISSN: 01455680     EISSN: 1165158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1170/T743     Document Type: Conference Paper

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