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water channel
Known as:
Aquaporins [Chemical/Ingredient]
, water transporter
, Channels, Water
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A class of porins that allow the passage of WATER and other small molecules across CELL MEMBRANES.
National Institutes of Health
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Aquaporin 1
GlpF protein, E coli
aqpZ protein, E coli
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Process of secretion
agonists
antagonists & inhibitors
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Ion Channel
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Review
2007
Review
2007
The spectrum of neuromyelitis optica
D. Wingerchuk
,
V. Lennon
,
C. Lucchinetti
,
S. Pittock
,
B. Weinshenker
Lancet Neurology
2007
Corpus ID: 18922748
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Aquaporin Water Channels
P. Agre
2004
Corpus ID: 5014103
Thank you very much. I am humbled, I am delighted; I am honored. This is every scientist’s dream: to give the Nobel Lecture in…
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Control of the Selectivity of the Aquaporin Water Channel Family by Global Orientational Tuning
E. Tajkhorshid
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P. Nollert
,
+4 authors
K. Schulten
Science
2002
Corpus ID: 22410850
Aquaporins are transmembrane channels found in cell membranes of all life forms. We examine their apparently paradoxical property…
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Structural basis of water-specific transport through the AQP1 water channel
H. Sui
,
B. Han
,
John K. Lee
,
P. Walian
,
B. Jap
Nature
2001
Corpus ID: 4315108
Water channels facilitate the rapid transport of water across cell membranes in response to osmotic gradients. These channels are…
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Review
1999
Review
1999
Cellular and molecular biology of the aquaporin water channels.
M. Borgnia
,
S. Nielsen
,
A. Engel
,
P. Agre
Annual Review of Biochemistry
1999
Corpus ID: 21509123
The high water permeability characteristic of mammalian red cell membranes is now known to be caused by the protein AQP1. This…
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Vasopressin increases water permeability of kidney collecting duct by inducing translocation of aquaporin-CD water channels to plasma membrane.
S. Nielsen
,
C. Chou
,
D. Marples
,
E. Christensen
,
B. Kishore
,
M. Knepper
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
1995
Corpus ID: 40366815
Water excretion by the kidney is regulated by the peptide hormone vasopressin. Vasopressin increases the water permeability of…
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Requirement of human renal water channel aquaporin-2 for vasopressin-dependent concentration of urine.
P. Deen
,
M. Verdijk
,
+4 authors
B. Oost
Science
1994
Corpus ID: 20586088
Concentration of urine in mammals is regulated by the antidiuretic hormone vasopressin. Binding of vasopressin to its V2 receptor…
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Cloning and expression of apical membrane water channel of rat kidney collecting tubule
K. Fushimi
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S. Uchida
,
Yukichi Harat
,
Y. Hirata
,
F. Marumo
,
S. Sasaki
Nature
1993
Corpus ID: 4356943
CONCENTRATING urine is mandatory for most mammals to prevent water loss from the body. Concentrated urine is produced in response…
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Review
1993
Review
1993
Aquaporin CHIP: the archetypal molecular water channel.
P. Agre
,
G. Preston
,
+5 authors
S. Nielsen
American Journal of Physiology
1993
Corpus ID: 2685263
Despite longstanding interest by nephrologists and physiologists, the molecular identities of membrane water channels remained…
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Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Appearance of Water Channels in Xenopus Oocytes Expressing Red Cell CHIP28 Protein
G. Preston
,
T. P. Carroll
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W. Guggino
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P. Agre
Science
1992
Corpus ID: 8550043
Water rapidly crosses the plasma membrane of red blood cells (RBCs) and renal tubules through specialized channels. Although…
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