›› 2008, Vol. 1 ›› Issue (11): 40-43.

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Recent Advances in Aquaporins

ZHANG Leying1,2, WANG Jiaqi1, BU Dengpan1, WANG Jing1, WEI Hongyang1, ZHOU Lingyun1   

  1. 1.State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China；2.Agricultural Institute, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan 056000, China
  • Received:1900-01-01 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2008-11-20 Published:2008-11-20

Abstract: Aquaporins are integral membrane proteins that selectively transport water. Since aquaporins were discovered in 1988, its gene structure, gene expression regulation, chromosome location, protein structure, tissue distribution, as well as physiological function have been studied deeply. A review on its discovery, molecular structure, categories, distribution and physiological functions, as well as its study perspective was summarized in this article.

Key words: aquaporins; molecular structure; tissue distribution; physiological functions

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