Water channel proteins (later called aquaporins) and relatives: Past, present, and future

IUBMB Life

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 112-133

  Benga, Gheorghe ^a  

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

Author keywords

Adipocytes; Amphibians; Aquaglyceroporins, glycerol facilitators; Aquaporins; Archea; Bacteria; Cancer; Central nervous system; Epilepsy; Eye; Fishes; Gastrointestinal system; Kidney; Major intrinsic proteins; Mammals; Molecular medicine; Muscular dystrophy; Nematodes, insects; Plants; Protozoa; Red blood cells; Respiratory apparatus; Skin; Water channel proteins; Yeasts

Indexed keywords

AQUAGLYCEROPORIN; AQUAPORIN; WATER;

ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVIEW; WATER PERMEABILITY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HISTORY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NOMENCLATURE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; METAZOA; NEMATODA; PISCES; PROTOZOA;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHEMISTRY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; WATER;

EID: 63449132403     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iub.156     Document Type: Review

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