Aquaporin structure-function relationships: Water flow through plant living cells

Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 163-172

  Zhao, Chang Xing ^a,c   Shao, Hong Bo ^b,d   Chu, Li Ye ^c,d  

^a QINGDAO AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BINZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^d QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aquaporin; Drought stress; Membrane interface; Water channel; Water uptake

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DROUGHT; PERMEATION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

AQUAPORIN; DROUGHT STRESS; MEMBRANE INTERFACE; WATER CHANNEL; WATER UPTAKE;

FLOW OF WATER;

AQUAPORIN; CATION; PHYTOHORMONE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; WATER;

CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPREHENSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TIME; WATER FLOW; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER STRESS;

AQUAPORINS; PERMEABILITY; PLANTS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; WATER;

EID: 39549121724     PISSN: 09277765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2007.10.015     Document Type: Review

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