Biologically Active Substance
water channel
wa·ter chan·nel
Subclass of:
porin
Definitions related to water channel:
  • (aquaporins) A class of porins that allow the passage of WATER and other small molecules across CELL MEMBRANES.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Membrane channel which facilitates water transport.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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