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CURRENT OPINION IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY
Volume 18, Issue 2, Pages 229-235Publisher
CURRENT BIOLOGY LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2007.11.003
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- NEI NIH HHS [R01 EY015107, R01 EY015107-05] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [R01 GM079233-02, P01 GM062580, P01 GM062580-06A16830, R01 GM079233] Funding Source: Medline
- NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE [R01EY015107] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES [R01GM079233, P01GM062580] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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Aquaporins (AQPs) are a family of ubiquitous membrane channels that conduct water and solutes across membranes. This review focuses on AQP0 and AQP4, which in addition to forming water channels also appear to play a role in cell adhesion. We discuss the recently determined structures of the membrane junctions mediated by these two AQPs, the mechanisms that regulate junction formation, and evidence that supports a role for AQP0 and AQP4 in cell adhesion.
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