The electron and X-ray crystallographic structures of AQP1 and GlpF, respectively, provide insights into the mechanisms of how water and small solutes such as glycerol selectively traverse lipid bilayers.
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I would like to thank K. Murata for providing templates for Fig. 2, and F. Sigworth, A. Cheng and M. Yeager for comments.
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Unger, V. Fraternal twins: AQP1 and GlpF. Nat Struct Mol Biol 7, 1082–1084 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/81914
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