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This webpage presents theoretical biophysics research on a protein called aquaporin, which allows water to travel through cell walls but blocks the flow of protons (ionized hydrogen).  Diagrams and a video of the results of simulations performed on a supercomputer.
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image credit: Emad Tajkhorshid and Klaus Schulten, Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group, Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;  image source This resource was a Physics To Go feature from August 16, 2007 until September 1, 2007. View the feature here!


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Keywords: aquaporins , biophysics, metabolism, proteins, supercomputer
Record Creator: Metadata instance created July 30, 2007 by Andrew Coughlin
Record Updated: Aug 16, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
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(Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, Pittsburgh, 2002), WWW Document, (http://web.archive.org/web/20180810214643/http://www.psc.edu/science/2002/schulten/precious_bodily_fluids.html).
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Precious Bodily Fluids (Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, Pittsburgh, 2002), <http://web.archive.org/web/20180810214643/http://www.psc.edu/science/2002/schulten/precious_bodily_fluids.html>.
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Precious Bodily Fluids. (2002, September 30). Retrieved April 30, 2025, from Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center: http://web.archive.org/web/20180810214643/http://www.psc.edu/science/2002/schulten/precious_bodily_fluids.html
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Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center. Precious Bodily Fluids. Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, September 30, 2002. http://web.archive.org/web/20180810214643/http://www.psc.edu/science/2002/schulten/precious_bodily_fluids.html (accessed 30 April 2025).
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Precious Bodily Fluids. Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, 2002. 30 Sep. 2002. 30 Apr. 2025 <http://web.archive.org/web/20180810214643/http://www.psc.edu/science/2002/schulten/precious_bodily_fluids.html>.
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