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 |
  Web Adapted Version of the Nobel Poster from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

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