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Phsyiological relevance of aquaporins: luxury or necessity?
Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology - 1 Aug 2000
van Os C H, Kamsteeg E J, Marr N, Deen P M
Abstract excerpt
Aquaporins are members of a large family of pore-forming intrinsic membrane proteins, the MIP family. Based on their permeability properties they are now further subdivided into aquaporins, with real water-selective pores, and aquaglyceroporins with slightly less selective pores. Aquaporins are expressed in a large variety of tissues throughout the body but in most situations it is not clear whether their...
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