Control of the selectivity of the aquaporin water channel family by global orientational tuning.
Tajkhorshid, E., Nollert, P., Jensen, M.O., Miercke, L.J., O'Connell, J., Stroud, R.M., Schulten, K.(2002) Science 296: 525-530
- PubMed: 11964478 
- DOI: 10.1126/science.1067778
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- PubMed Abstract: 
Aquaporins are transmembrane channels found in cell membranes of all life forms. We examine their apparently paradoxical property, facilitation of efficient permeation of water while excluding protons, which is of critical importance to preserving th ...