The first discovered water channel protein, later called aquaporin 1: molecular characteristics, functions and medical implications
G Benga - Molecular aspects of medicine, 2012 - Elsevier
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 …
Cluj-Napoca, Romania, discovered in 1985 the first water channel protein in the RBC …
Birth of water channel proteins—the aquaporins
G Benga - Cell biology international, 2003 - Elsevier
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 …
membranes) with a child we can say that he had a very long gestation period. His possible …
Comparative studies of water permeability of red blood cells from humans and over 30 animal species: an overview of 20 years of collaboration with Philip Kuchel
G Benga - European Biophysics Journal, 2013 - Springer
NMR measurements of the diffusional permeability of the human adult red blood cell (RBC)
membrane to water (P d) and of the activation energy (E a, d) of the process furnished …
membrane to water (P d) and of the activation energy (E a, d) of the process furnished …
Diffusional water permeability of mammalian red blood cells
G Benga, T Borza - Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B …, 1995 - Elsevier
An extensive programme of comparative nuclear magnetic resonance measurements of the
membrane diffusional permeability for water (Pd) and of the activation energy (Ea, d) of this …
membrane diffusional permeability for water (Pd) and of the activation energy (Ea, d) of this …
[HTML][HTML] Re-evaluation of the water exchange lifetime value across red blood cell membrane
The water exchange lifetime (τ i) through red blood cell (RBC) membranes can be measured
by analyzing the water protons bi-exponential T 1 and T 2 curves when RBCs are …
by analyzing the water protons bi-exponential T 1 and T 2 curves when RBCs are …
Development of miniaturized, portable magnetic resonance relaxometry system for point-of-care medical diagnosis
A novel, compact-sized (19 cm× 16 cm) and portable (500 g) magnetic resonance
relaxometry system is designed and developed. We overcame several key engineering …
relaxometry system is designed and developed. We overcame several key engineering …
Comparative Cell Shape and Diffusional Water Permeability of Red Blood Cells from Indian Elephant (Elephas maximus) and Man (Homo sapiens)
G Benga, PW Kuchel, BE Chapman, GC Cox… - Comparative …, 2000 - Springer
Red blood cells (RBC) from an Indian elephant (Elephas maximus) were studied by light
microscopy (LM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and a new nuclear magnetic …
microscopy (LM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and a new nuclear magnetic …
Structural and motional properties of vesicles as revealed by nuclear magnetic resonance
DB Fenske - Chemistry and physics of lipids, 1993 - Elsevier
Correspondence to: David B. Fenske, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine,
University of British Columbia, 2146 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T …
University of British Columbia, 2146 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T …
Zinc and salinity effects on membrane transport in Chara connivens
J Rygol, WM Arnold… - Plant, Cell & Environment, 1992 - Wiley Online Library
Pressure‐probe measurements showed that the pressure relaxation of internodal cells of the
freshwater alga Chara connivens slowed considerably when 1–5 mol m− 3 Zn2+, or more …
freshwater alga Chara connivens slowed considerably when 1–5 mol m− 3 Zn2+, or more …
[PDF][PDF] Comparative nuclear magnetic resonance studies on water diffusional permeability of red blood cells from mice and rats
l. The diffusional water permeability (P) of mouse and rat red blood cell (RBC) membrane
has been monitored by a doping nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technique on control …
has been monitored by a doping nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technique on control …