The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2003

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2003

The cell's contact with the outer world

The wall that separates a cell from its surroundings - the membrane - is not an impermeable shell. It is pierced through by various sorts of channel. The channels consist of proteins, each with its own function.

	Contents: \| Introduction \| The cell's contact \| Water channels \| Ion channels \| Cells signal with salt \| Timeline \| Further reading \| Credits \|
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2003

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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2003

Peter Agre

Roderick MacKinnon