If we compare aquaporin (as a proteic pathway for water permeation across biological
membranes) with a child we can say that he had a very long gestation period. His possible …

A critical analysis of the discovery of the first water channel protein (later called aquaporin 1)
has been performed. In 1986 Benga's group in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, published in …

A generation of research in multiple laboratories led to the prediction that water selective
channels must exist in the plasma membranes of red cells and a variety of 'leaky'epithelia in …

The aquaporins (AQPs) are a family of intrinsic membrane proteins that function as water-
selective channels in the plasma membranes of the cells of many water-transporting tissues …

The long-standing biophysical question of how water crosses plasma membranes has been
answered by the recent discovery of the aquaporins. Identification of this large family of …

The study of water transport began long before the molecular identification of water
channels with studies of water-permeable tissues. The discovery of the first aquaporin …

Giuseppe Calamita has kindly asked me to contribute a note for the series of publications
related to aquaporins. This topic has consumed my attention for more than a decade, and I …

The recent discovery of aquaporins, a family of highly conserved water channel proteins,
which are expressed in both eukaryotes and prokaryotes, has provoked a re-evaluation of …

After a decade of work on the water permeability of red blood cells (RBC) Benga group in
Cluj-Napoca, Romania, discovered in 1985 the first water channel protein in the RBC …

The journey towards molecular identification of water channels has been an extraordinarily
long ride down a road, fraught with odd notions and unexpected discoveries. This review …