8 Aquaporins in Plants
Annual Plant Reviews book series, Volume 15: Membrane Transport in Plants
Clare Vander Willigen,
Lionel Verdoucq,
Yann Boursiac,
Christophe Maurel,
Clare Vander Willigen
University of Cape Town, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Private Bag, Rondebosch, 7701 South Africa
Search for more papers by this authorLionel Verdoucq
Biochimie et Physiologie Moleculaire des Plantes, Agro-M/INRA/CNRS/UM2 UMR 5004, 2 Place Viala, F34060 Montpellier Cedex 1, France
Search for more papers by this authorYann Boursiac
Biochimie et Physiologie Moleculaire des Plantes, Agro-M/INRA/CNRS/UM2 UMR 5004, 2 Place Viala, F34060 Montpellier Cedex 1, France
Search for more papers by this authorChristophe Maurel
Biochimie et Physiologie Moleculaire des Plantes, Agro-M/INRA/CNRS/UM2 UMR 5004, 2 Place Viala, F34060 Montpellier Cedex 1, France
Search for more papers by this authorClare Vander Willigen,
Lionel Verdoucq,
Yann Boursiac,
Christophe Maurel,
Clare Vander Willigen
University of Cape Town, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Private Bag, Rondebosch, 7701 South Africa
Search for more papers by this authorLionel Verdoucq
Biochimie et Physiologie Moleculaire des Plantes, Agro-M/INRA/CNRS/UM2 UMR 5004, 2 Place Viala, F34060 Montpellier Cedex 1, France
Search for more papers by this authorYann Boursiac
Biochimie et Physiologie Moleculaire des Plantes, Agro-M/INRA/CNRS/UM2 UMR 5004, 2 Place Viala, F34060 Montpellier Cedex 1, France
Search for more papers by this authorChristophe Maurel
Biochimie et Physiologie Moleculaire des Plantes, Agro-M/INRA/CNRS/UM2 UMR 5004, 2 Place Viala, F34060 Montpellier Cedex 1, France
Search for more papers by this authorFirst published: 19 April 2018
This article was originally published in 2004 in Membrane Transport in Plants, Volume 15 (ISBN 9781405118033) of the Annual Plant Reviews book series, this volume edited by Michael R. Blatt. The article was republished in Annual Plant Reviews online in April 2018.
Abstract
The sections in this article are
- Introduction
- Water Transport Measurements: Principles and Methods
- Aquaporins at the Level of Molecules, Cells and Tissues
- Mechanisms of Regulation
- Conclusion
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