From Membrane Pores to Aquaporins: 50 Years Measuring Water Fluxes Export

@article{citeulike:4032971, abstract = {Abstract\ \ This review focuses on studies of water movement across biological membranes performed over the last 50\ years. Different scientific approaches had tried to elucidate such intriguing mechanism, from hypotheses emphasizing the role of the lipid bilayer to the cloning of aquaporins, the ubiquitous proteins described as specific water channels. Pioneering and clarifying biophysical work are reviewed beside results obtained with the help of recent sophisticated techniques, to conclude that great advances in the subject live together with old questions without definitive answers.}, author = {Parisi, Mario and Dorr, Ricardo and Ozu, Marcelo and Toriano, Roxana}, citeulike-article-id = {4032971}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10867-008-9064-5}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/f4h517512162j125}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1007/s10867-008-9064-5}, journal = {Journal of Biological Physics}, keywords = {aqp, history}, month = {December}, number = {5}, pages = {331--343}, posted-at = {2009-02-11 09:34:55}, priority = {2}, title = {From Membrane Pores to Aquaporins: 50 Years Measuring Water Fluxes}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10867-008-9064-5}, volume = {33}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4032971 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4032971 N2 - Abstract  This review focuses on studies of water movement across biological membranes performed over the last 50 years. Different scientific approaches had tried to elucidate such intriguing mechanism, from hypotheses emphasizing the role of the lipid bilayer to the cloning of aquaporins, the ubiquitous proteins described as specific water channels. Pioneering and clarifying biophysical work are reviewed beside results obtained with the help of recent sophisticated techniques, to conclude that great advances in the subject live together with old questions without definitive answers. IS - 5 JF - Journal of Biological Physics EP - 343 TI - From Membrane Pores to Aquaporins: 50 Years Measuring Water Fluxes VL - 33 SP - 331 KW - aqp KW - history AU - Parisi, Mario AU - Dorr, Ricardo AU - Ozu, Marcelo AU - Toriano, Roxana PY - 2007/12/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10867-008-9064-5 ER -