An aquaporin is a special protein found in living organisms like plants and animals that helps water molecules move quickly through cell membranes. It acts like a tiny tunnel that allows water to pass in and out of cells easily. Full definition
«Dr Burton's work is groundbreaking because it clarifies the roles of aquaporins in the brain during the short and long - term responses to traumatic head injury. (sciencedaily.com)
Aquaporins in Plasmodium and consequences for therapy Professor Peter Agre, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, US (cmbn.no)
«About the year 2000, after we'd worked on aquaporins for almost a decade, we'd answered the questions we felt were most important,» Agre said in an interview in July at the Euroscience Open Forum meeting in Turin, Italy. (sciencemag.org)