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Science 23 January 1976:
Vol. 191. no. 4224, pp. 293 - 295
DOI: 10.1126/science.1082166
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Science, Vol 191, Issue 4224, 293-295
Copyright © 1976 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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What retains water in living cells?

GN Ling and CL Walton

Three types of evidence are presented showing that the retention of cell water does not necessarily depend on the possession of an intact cell membrane. The data agree with the concept that water retention in cells is due to multilayer adsorption on proteins and that the maintenance of the normal state of water relies on the presence of adenosine triphosphate as a cardinal adsorbent, controlling the protein conformations.


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