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Aquaporins

  • 1st Edition, Volume 51 - March 12, 2001
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Stefan Hohmann, Dale J. Benos, Peter Agre, Sidney A. Simon, Soren Nielsen
  • Language: English

Aquaporins summarizes the present knowledge in this expanding field of research, starting with the structural analysis of water channel proteins. Subsequent chapters begin with m… Read more

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Description

Aquaporins summarizes the present knowledge in this expanding field of research, starting with the structural analysis of water channel proteins. Subsequent chapters begin with mammalian aquaporins, examining physiology and pathophysiology, analysis of knock-out model animals, and the regulation of aquaporin function. Also covered is the distribution and regulation of aquaporins in plants and the function of water and glycerol channels in microbial systems.

Key features

  • Comprehensive treatment of a topical research field
  • Authored by world leaders in the field
  • Covers structural biology and physiology
  • Covers different experimental and biological systems
  • Chapters on plant and microbial systems
  • Extensive treatment of mammalian physiology and pathophysiology
  • Structural analysis excellently illustrated

Readership

Graduate students and academic researchers in physiology, pharmacology, neuroscience, biochemistry, and cell biology

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 51
  • Published: April 4, 2001
  • Language: English

About the editors

SH

Stefan Hohmann

Affiliations and expertise
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology/Microbiology, Göeteborg University, Sweden

DB

Dale J. Benos

Affiliations and expertise
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA

PA

Peter Agre

Affiliations and expertise
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.

SS

Sidney A. Simon

Affiliations and expertise
Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

SN

Soren Nielsen

Affiliations and expertise
Institute of Anatomy, Department of Cell Biology, University of Aarhus, Denmark

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