TY - JOUR
T1 - Aquaporins
T2 - water channel proteins of plant and animal cells
AU - Chrispeels, Maarten J.
AU - Agre, Peter
PY - 1994/10
Y1 - 1994/10
N2 - Certain biological membranes, such as the erythrocyte plasma membrane, have a high osmotic water permeability, and such membranes have long been suspected of harboring water channels. The molecular identity of these channels has now been established with the purification of water-channel proteins and the cloning of the genes encoding them. Homologous water-channel proteins, called 'aquaporins', are present in plants and animals. These channels are water selective and do not allow ions or metabolites to pass through them. Their discovery is providing new insights into how plant and animal cells facilitate and regulate the passage of water through their membranes.
AB - Certain biological membranes, such as the erythrocyte plasma membrane, have a high osmotic water permeability, and such membranes have long been suspected of harboring water channels. The molecular identity of these channels has now been established with the purification of water-channel proteins and the cloning of the genes encoding them. Homologous water-channel proteins, called 'aquaporins', are present in plants and animals. These channels are water selective and do not allow ions or metabolites to pass through them. Their discovery is providing new insights into how plant and animal cells facilitate and regulate the passage of water through their membranes.
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U2 - 10.1016/0968-0004(94)90091-4
DO - 10.1016/0968-0004(94)90091-4
M3 - Review article
C2 - 7529436
AN - SCOPUS:0028135644
SN - 0968-0004
VL - 19
SP - 421
EP - 425
JO - Trends in biochemical sciences
JF - Trends in biochemical sciences
IS - 10
ER -