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. 1999 Oct:14:187-193.
doi: 10.1152/physiologyonline.1999.14.5.187.

Aquaporins: Phylogeny, Structure, and Physiology of Water Channels

J. Bernard Heymann  1 , Andreas Engel
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Aquaporins: Phylogeny, Structure, and Physiology of Water Channels

J. Bernard Heymann et al. News Physiol Sci. 1999 Oct.

Abstract

How water permeates cellular membranes and what this means for cell functioning and several diseases are now emerging from the study of the aquaporins (AQPs), the water channel family. A combination of sequence analysis, three-dimensional structure determination, and physiology of the AQP family proteins provides a glimpse into the workings of water channels.

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