The interactions of aquaporins and mineral nutrients in higher plants

M Wang, L Ding, L Gao, Y Li, Q Shen… - International Journal of …, 2016 - mdpi.com
Aquaporins, major intrinsic proteins (MIPs) present in the plasma and intracellular
membranes, facilitate the transport of small neutral molecules across cell membranes in …

Plant aquaporins: roles in plant physiology

G Li, V Santoni, C Maurel - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-General …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Aquaporins are membrane channels that facilitate the transport of water and
small neutral molecules across biological membranes of most living organisms. Scope of …

Plant aquaporins: membrane channels with multiple integrated functions

C Maurel, L Verdoucq, DT Luu… - Annu. Rev. Plant Biol., 2008 - annualreviews.org
Aquaporins are channel proteins present in the plasma and intracellular membranes of plant
cells, where they facilitate the transport of water and/or small neutral solutes (urea, boric …

Plant aquaporins: their molecular biology, biophysics and significance for plant water relations

SD Tyerman, HJ Bohnert, C Maurel, E Steudle… - Journal of Experimental …, 1999 - JSTOR
Over the last decade, considerable advances have occurred in understanding the molecular
biology and biophysics of water permeation across plant membranes and tissues. Spurred …

Plant aquaporins: roles in water homeostasis, nutrition, and signaling processes

GP Bienert, F Chaumont - Transporters and pumps in plant signaling, 2011 - Springer
Exchange across biological membranes is controlled by the composition of the lipid bilayer,
diffusion-facilitating channels, and active transport proteins. In 1992, a protein facilitating the …

A proteomic study reveals novel insights into the diversity of aquaporin forms expressed in the plasma membrane of plant roots

V Santoni, J Vinh, D Pflieger, N Sommerer… - Biochemical …, 2003 - portlandpress.com
Aquaporins are channel proteins that facilitate the diffusion of water across cell membranes.
The genome of Arabidopsis thaliana encodes 35 full-length aquaporin homologues …

The roles of aquaporins in plant stress responses

Z Afzal, TC Howton, Y Sun, MS Mukhtar - Journal of developmental …, 2016 - mdpi.com
Aquaporins are membrane channel proteins ubiquitously present in all kingdoms of life.
Although aquaporins were originally discovered as water channels, their roles in the …

Major intrinsic proteins (MIPs) in plants: a complex gene family with major impacts on plant phenotype

KL Forrest, M Bhave - Functional & integrative genomics, 2007 - Springer
The ubiquitous cell membrane proteins called aquaporins are now firmly established as
channel proteins that control the specific transport of water molecules across cell …

Aquaporins in plants

C Maurel, Y Boursiac, DT Luu, V Santoni… - Physiological …, 2015 - journals.physiology.org
Aquaporins are membrane channels that facilitate the transport of water and small neutral
molecules across biological membranes of most living organisms. In plants, aquaporins …

The cellular dynamics of plant aquaporin expression and functions

C Maurel, V Santoni, DT Luu, MM Wudick… - Current opinion in plant …, 2009 - Elsevier
Aquaporins are channel proteins that facilitate the transport of water and small neutral
molecules, including gases, across cell membranes of most of the living organisms …