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New roles for old holes: ion channel function in aquaporin-1.
Department of Physiology, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona 85724-5051, USA.
Mammalian aquaporins are part of the diverse major intrinsic protein family of water and solute channels. Intriguing links exist in structural and functional properties between aquaporins and ion channels. A novel role for aquaporin-1 as a gated ion channel reshapes our current views of this ancient family of transmembrane channel proteins.
PMID: 11909995 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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