Development of new methods in membrane protein science : tools in aquaporin-based research

• Main Author: To, Janet Yiu Ying
• Other Authors: Jaume Torres
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/68722
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Aquaporins are a family of small, integral membrane proteins which facilitate water transport across the plasma membrane of cells in response to osmotic gradients. Since the discovery of these water channels more than 20 years ago, there has been an encouraging advancement in the understanding of th...