@article{RPSS-2015-4-1-197,
author = {  Gheorghe Benga }, 
title = { Actualitati:Second Announcement:Second World Congress on Water Channel Proteins (Aquaporins and Relatives) Celebrating the 30th  },
volume = { 4 }, 
number = { 1 }, 
pages = { 65-70 }, 
year = { 2015 },  
abstract ={ The first water channel protein (WCP) was discovered in the 1980s during studies of the human red blood cell membrane. In the 1990s it became obvious that WCPs constitute a large family of membrane proteins that are present in all kingdoms of life: plants, microorganisms (archaea, bacteria, yeast, and protozoa), and animals including humans. WCPs exist in three subfamilies: (1) aquaporins (AQPs) that are mainly water channels; (2) aquaglyceroporins (and glycerol facilitators) that convey water and/or other small molecules across membranes; and (3) S-aquaporins “superaquaporins” or subcellular AQPs.  }, 
URL = { http://rpss.inoe.ro/articles/197 }, 
eprint = { http://rpss.inoe.ro/articles/197/file }, 
journal = { Revista de Politica Științei și Scientometrie – Serie Nouă } 
}