title: Aquaporins: Phylogeny, Structure, and Physiology of Water Channels.
abstract: How water permeates cellular membranes and what this means for cell functioning and several diseases are now emerging from the study of the aquaporins (AQPs), the water channel family. A combination of sequence analysis, three-dimensional structure determination, and physiology of the AQP family proteins provides a glimpse into the workings of water channels.
authors.affiliation: M. E. Müller Institute for Microscopic Structural Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: J. Bernard
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Heymann
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Engel