Who discovered the water channels (aquaporins)?

Cellular and Molecular Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 6-7

  Balaban, A T ^a   Haiduc, I ^b   Matasa, C G ^c   Sha'afi, R I ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaporins; Discovery; Nobel prize; Water channels

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; AQUAPORIN 1; ERYTHROCYTE BAND 3 PROTEIN; ERYTHROCYTE BAND 4.5 PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; LIPOSOME; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE;

AWARDS AND PRIZES; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROPHORESIS; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PURIFICATION; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 34247624955     PISSN: 01455680     EISSN: 1165158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1170/T742     Document Type: Conference Paper

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