Chemicals and Drugs

Aquaporin 1

Aquaporin 1 forms a water-specific channel that is constitutively expressed at the PLASMA MEMBRANE of ERYTHROCYTES and KIDNEY TUBULES, PROXIMAL. It provides these cells with a high permeability to WATER. In humans polymorphisms of this protein result in the Colton blood group antigen.

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Aquaporin 1 forms a water-specific channel that is constitutively expressed at the PLASMA MEMBRANE of ERYTHROCYTES and KIDNEY TUBULES, PROXIMAL. It provides these cells with a high permeability to WATER. In humans polymorphisms of this protein result in the Colton blood group antigen.

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  • AQP-CHIP Protein
  • AQP1 Protein
  • Aquaporin 1 Protein
  • Aquaporin-CHIP
  • CHIP28 Protein
  • Channel-Forming Integral Membrane Protein Of 28 kDa
  • AQP CHIP Protein
  • Aquaporin CHIP
  • Channel Forming Integral Membrane Protein Of 28 kDa

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.

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2006(1992)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Aquaporin 1. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D051398. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D051398
  2. Aquaporin 1. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24722818