Aquaporins Mediate Silicon Transport in Humans.

Aquaporins Mediate Silicon Transport in Humans.

In animals, silicon is an abundant and differentially distributed trace element that is believed to play important biological functions. One would thus expect silicon concentrations in body fluids to be regulated by silicon transporters at the surface of many cell types. Curiously, however, and even...

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Main Authors: Alexandre P Garneau, Gabriel A Carpentier, Andrée-Anne Marcoux, Rachelle Frenette-Cotton, Charles F Simard, Wilfried Rémus-Borel, Luc Caron, Mariève Jacob-Wagner, Micheline Noël, Jonathan J Powell, Richard Bélanger, François Côté, Paul Isenring
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0136149
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