Water channel proteins: From their discovery in 1985 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, to the 2003 nobel prize in chemistry and their medical implications

WMSCI 2005 - The 9th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, Proceedings

Volumn 10, Issue , 2005, Pages 99-104

  Benga, Gheorghe ^a  

^a IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Aquaporins; Discovery; Nobel Prize; Red blood cells; Water channel proteins

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORINS; DISCOVERY; NOBEL PRIZES; RED BLOOD CELL; WATER CHANNEL PROTEINS;

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; BLOOD; CELLS; CYBERNETICS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; TOBACCO; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

PROTEINS;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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