Aquaporin water channels and water transport in vascular smooth muscle cells

The classical physiological enigma of how water crosses biological membranes has recently been solved by the discovery of aquaporins, a large family of homologous membrane proteins which function as highly selective water channels. So far six mammalian aquaporins have been characterised but homologo...

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Main Author: Connolly, D. L.
Published: University of Cambridge 1998
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.597895