Physiological significance of water channel proteins in the red blood cell membrane: Analysis at the level of the cell- and of the whole-body systems

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

Volumn 10, Issue , 2005, Pages 105-110

  Benga, Gheorghe ^a   Kuchel, Philip W ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquaporins; Erythrocytes; Water channel proteins

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL SPECIES; AQUAPORINS; ERYTHROCYTES; HIGH WATER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RED BLOOD CELL; WATER CHANNEL PROTEINS; WATER DISPLACEMENT; WHOLE-BODY;

CELL MEMBRANES; CYBERNETICS; CYTOLOGY; INFORMATION SCIENCE; PROTEINS;

BLOOD;

EID: 67649683823     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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