Fluxes of Water through Aquaporin 9 Weaken Membrane-Cytoskeleton Anchorage and Promote Formation of Membrane Protrusions

Thommie Karlsson; Anastasia Bolshakova; Marco A. O. Magalhães; Vesa M. Loitto; Karl-Eric Magnusson

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0059901

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Fluxes of Water through Aquaporin 9 Weaken Membrane-Cytoskeleton Anchorage and Promote Formation of Membrane Protrusions

Thommie Karlsson,

Affiliation Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linkoping University, Linkoping, Sweden
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Anastasia Bolshakova,

Affiliation Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linkoping University, Linkoping, Sweden
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Marco A. O. Magalhães,

Affiliation Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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Vesa M. Loitto,

Affiliation Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linkoping University, Linkoping, Sweden
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Karl-Eric Magnusson

* E-mail: karl-eric.magnusson@liu.se

Affiliation Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linkoping University, Linkoping, Sweden
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Fluxes of Water through Aquaporin 9 Weaken Membrane-Cytoskeleton Anchorage and Promote Formation of Membrane Protrusions

Thommie Karlsson,
Anastasia Bolshakova,
Marco A. O. Magalhães,
Vesa M. Loitto,
Karl-Eric Magnusson

Published: April 3, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0059901

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