Aquaporins

Paperback  325 pages  ISBN 0123520959      £60.95

This book, volume 51 in the series Current Topics in Membranes, deals with aquaporin channels that mediate and control the transport of water and small solutes across cellular membranes. These channels are derived from an ancient family of proteins that have been found in all organisms, ranging from bacteria to human. They are essential for the regulation and control of cell and body water balance and play a key role in diseases associated with altered water and salt transport. This excellently illustrated volume provides a comprehensive treatment of water transport in mammalian systems, covering the structural biology and physiology of aquaporins as well as various experimental and biological systems, with an extensive treatment of mammalian physiology and pathophysiology. It also contains chapters covering plant and microbial systems. It will be of value to graduates and researchers in physiology, pharmacology, neurosciences, biochemistry and cell science.