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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Gheorghe Benga is a Romanian physician and molecular biologist. He is professor and chairman in the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology of the Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and a titular member of the Romanian Academy.
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- Interactions between components in biological membranes and their implications for membrane function. (1984) (143)
- p-(Chloromercuri)benzenesulfonate binding by membrane proteins and the inhibition of water transport in human erythrocytes. (1986) (140)
- Water channel proteins (later called aquaporins) and relatives: Past, present, and future (2009) (127)
- Water permeability in human erythrocytes: identification of membrane proteins involved in water transport. (1986) (125)
- On the definition, nomenclature and classification of water channel proteins (aquaporins and relatives). (2012) (104)
- Evaluation of a nuclear magnetic resonance technique for the study of water exchange through erythrocyte membranes in normal and pathological subjects. (1977) (90)
- The first discovered water channel protein, later called aquaporin 1: molecular characteristics, functions and medical implications. (2012) (77)
- Water transport in red blood cell membranes. (1988) (75)
- Birth of water channel proteins—the aquaporins (2003) (66)
- On measuring the diffusional water permeability of human red blood cells and ghosts by nuclear magnetic resonance. (1990) (64)
- Water exchange through the erythrocyte membrane. (1989) (63)
- Diffusional water permeability of mammalian red blood cells. (1995) (60)
- Water transport in biological membranes (1989) (49)
- Membrane defect affecting water permeability in human epilepsy (1977) (44)
- Effects of temperature on water diffusion in human erythrocytes and ghosts--nuclear magnetic resonance studies. (1987) (42)
- NMR studies of diffusional water permeability of red blood cells from macropodid marsupials (kangaroos and wallabies). (1993) (39)
- Comparative Cell Shape and Diffusional Water Permeability of Red Blood Cells from Indian Elephant (Elephas maximus) and Man (Homo sapiens) (2000) (36)
- Comparative studies of water permeability of red blood cells from humans and over 30 animal species: an overview of 20 years of collaboration with Philip Kuchel (2012) (35)
- Why does the mammalian red blood cell have aquaporins? (2005) (35)
- Comparative studies of the protein composition of red blood cell membranes from eight mammalian species (2000) (32)
- A Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopic investigation of the hydrogen-deuterium exchange and secondary structure of the 28-kDa channel-forming integral membrane protein (CHIP28). (1995) (29)
- The use of scanning electron microscopy in evaluating the effect of a bleaching agent on the enamel surface. (2009) (28)
- Decreased water permeability of erythrocyte membranes in patients with duchenne muscular dystrophy (1986) (28)
- Water Diffusion Through Erythrocyte Membranes in Normal and Pathological Subjects: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Investigations (1984) (27)
- Irreversible inhibition of water transport in erythrocytes by fluoresceinmercuric acetate. (1982) (26)
- Human liver mitochondria: relation of a particular lipid composition to the mobility of spin-labelled lipids. (1978) (26)
- Comparative nuclear magnetic resonance studies on water diffusional permeability of red blood cells from mice and rats. (1993) (25)
- Conditions for isolation and study of enzymic properties of human liver mitochondria. (1972) (23)
- Plasma and cerebrospinal fluid concentrations of magnesium in epileptic children (1985) (23)
- Spectrophotometric method for assay of mitochondrial oxygen uptake. IV. Study of the respiratory chain in small amounts of biological materials. (1972) (23)
- Interpretation of the electron spin resonance spectra of nitroxide-maleimide-labelled proteins and the use of this technique in the study of albumin and biomembranes. (1975) (21)
- Nmr studies of diffusional water permeability of erythrocytes from eight species of marsupial (1993) (20)
- Effect of chlorpromazine on proteins in human erythrocyte membranes as inferred from spin labeling and biochemical analyses. (1983) (19)
- Water exchange through erythrocyte membranes: p-choloromercuribenzene sulfonate inhibition of water diffusion in ghosts studied by a nuclear magnetic resonance technique (1985) (19)
- Water exchange through erythrocyte membranes (1985) (19)
- Water exchange through erythrocyte membranes: Nuclear magnetic resonance studies on the effects of inhibitors and of chemical modification of human membranes (2005) (19)
- Water transport in human red cells: effects of 'non-inhibitory' sulfhydryl reagents. (1991) (18)
- Fractionation of human liver mitochondria: enzymic and morphological characterization of the inner and outer membranes as compared to rat liver mitochondria. (1979) (18)
- Water exchange through erythrocyte membranes. V. Incubation with papain prevents the P-chloromercuri-benzensulfonate inhibition of water diffusion studied by a nuclear magnetic resonance technique. (1983) (17)
- Effects on water diffusion of inhibitors affecting various transport processes in human red blood cells. (1992) (17)
- Comparative NMR studies of diffusional water permeability of erythrocytes from some animals introduced to Australia: Rat rabbit and sheep (1994) (16)
- Comparative nuclear magnetic resonance studies of diffusional water permeability of red blood cells from sheep and cow. (1993) (16)
- Biomembranes and cell function (1983) (16)
- Water channel proteins: from their discovery in Cluj-Napoca, Romania in 1985, to the 2003 Nobel Prize in chemistry and their implications in molecular medicine. (2006) (15)
- Water channel proteins: from their discovery in 1985 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, to the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. (2006) (15)
- Comparative nuclear magnetic resonance studies of diffusional water permeability of red blood cells from different species. V--Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). (1993) (14)
- The effect of the saturation and isomerization of dietary fatty acids on the osmotic fragility and water diffusional permeability of rat erythrocytes. (1984) (14)
- Water channels in membranes (1994) (14)
- Comparative nuclear magnetic resonance studies of diffusional water permeability of red blood cells from different species. VIII. Adult and fetal guinea pig (Cavia procellus) (1995) (14)
- Permeability through pores and holes. (1989) (14)
- Human liver mitochondria. 3. ATPase activity as an index of mitochondrial damage. (1974) (14)
- NMR studies of diffusional water permeability of red blood cells from the echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus (1994) (13)
- Comparison of human and rat liver microsomes by spin label and biochemical analyses. (1983) (13)
- Water Channels (Aquaporins and Relatives): Twenty Years after Their Discovery in Cluj-Napoca, Romania (2006) (12)
- Increased content of hydrophobic amino acid residues in lipid-rich mitochondrial membranes: A comparison of rat and human liver mitochondria (1977) (12)
- The determination of proteins in lipid-rich mitochondrial suspensions. (1971) (12)
- Quantitation of the water channel protein aquaporin (CHIP28) from red blood cell membranes by densitometry of silver stained polyacrylamide gels (1996) (11)
- Comparative nuclear magnetic resonance studies of diffusional water permeability of red blood cells from different species. IX. Australian feral chicken and domestic chicken (Gallus domesticus) (1996) (11)
- Comparative NMR studies of diffusional water permeability of red blood cells from different species: XV. Agile wallaby (Macropus agilis), red-necked wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus) and Goodfellow's tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus goodfellowi). (2009) (11)
- The first water channel protein (later called aquaporin 1) was first discovered in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. (2004) (11)
- Comparative Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Diffusional Water Permeability of Red Blood Cells from Different Species. XI. Horses Introduced to Australia and European Horses (Equus caballus) (2000) (11)
- Water exchange through erythrocyte membranes: Nuclear magnetic resonance studies on resealed ghosts compared to human erythrocytes (2005) (11)
- Effects of p-chloromercuribenzene sulfonate on water transport across the marsupial erythrocyte membrane (2002) (10)
- Role of Aquaporins in the Physiological Functions of Mesenchymal Stem Cells (2020) (10)
- Water exchange through erythrocyte membranes: Biochemical and nuclear magnetic resonance studies re-evaluating the effects of sulfhydryl reagents and of proteolytic enzymes on human membranes (1989) (10)
- Comparative NMR studies of diffusional water permeability of red blood cells from different species. X. Camel (Camelus dromedarius) and alpaca (Lama pacos) (1999) (10)
- Effects of temperature and pH on the water exchange through erythrocyte membranes: Nuclear magnetic resonance studies (2005) (10)
- Factors influencing the establishment of the normal values of the respiratory activities of human liver mitochondria. (1976) (10)
- Comparative Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Diffusional Water Permeability of Red Blood Cells from Different Species. XII. Dog (Canis familiaris) and Cat (Felis domestica) (2002) (10)
- Membrane processes : molecular biology and medical applications (1984) (9)
- From model membranes to isolated cells (1989) (9)
- Comparative Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Water Permeability of Red Blood Cells from Maternal Venous Blood and Newborn Umbilical Cord Blood (2001) (9)
- Scanning electron microscopy of red blood cells from eleven species of marsupial (1992) (9)
- Comparative NMR studies of diffusional water permeability of red blood cells from different species: XIV. Little Penguin, Eudyptula minor (2003) (9)
- Study of respiratory chain in small amounts of biological materials. I. Stability and enzymatic properties of liver mitochondria in diluted suspensions. (1971) (9)
- Studies of water permeability and proteins of erythrocyte membranes in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (1989) (8)
- Foreword to the special issue on water channel proteins (aquaporins and relatives) in health and disease: 25 years after the discovery of the first water channel protein, later called aquaporin 1. (2012) (8)
- Comparative NMR studies of diffusional water permeability of red blood cells from different species: XVI Dingo (Canis familiaris dingo) and dog (Canis familiaris) (2010) (8)
- Modifications of Human Erythrocyte Membranes and Their Effect on Water Permeability Studied by a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Technique (1985) (7)
- Freeze-fracture electron microscopic observations on the effects of sulphydryl group reagents on human erythrocyte membranes. (1987) (7)
- Comparative NMR studies of diffusional water permeability of red blood cells from different species: XVIII platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) and saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) (2010) (6)
- Amino acid composition of rat and human liver microsomes in normal and pathological conditions (1995) (5)
- Biomembranes: Basic and Medical Research (1988) (5)
- Evidence for various degrees of motional freedom of the "boundary" lipid in cytochrome oxidase. (1979) (5)
- The study of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene mutations in a group of patients from Romania. (2008) (5)
- Morphology and water permeability of red blood cells from green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) (2015) (4)
- Study of respiratory chain in small amounts of biological materials. II. Involvement of exogenous cytochrome C in the oxidation of ascorbic acid in the terminal segment of the respiratory chain. (1971) (4)
- Correlations between lactate dehydrogenase activity and breast tumour malignancy. (1978) (4)
- ATP-ase activity of mitochondria isolated from needle-biopsy liver samples of diabetic subjects. (1985) (3)
- Membrane Proteins Involved in the Water Permeability of Human Erythrocytes. Binding of p-Chloromercuribenzene Sulfonate to Membrane Proteins Correlated with Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Measurements (2018) (3)
- Molecular Composition, Fluidity of Membranes and Functional Properties of Human Liver Mitochondria and Microsomes (1989) (3)
- Methodology and properties of membranes (1985) (3)
- Recent Investigations on Water Permeability of Erythrocytes in Normal and Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Subjects (1988) (3)
- Protein-lipid interactions in biological membranes--spin label studies and physiological implications. (1988) (3)
- PLASMA PHENYLALANINE DETERMINATION BY QUANTITATIVE DENSITOMETRY OF THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAMS AND BY HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY IN RELATION WITH MODERN MANAGEMENT OF PHENYLKETONURIA. (2018) (3)
- Molecular basis of selected transport systems (1985) (3)
- Molecular Composition and Functional Properties of Human Liver Mitochondria (1984) (2)
- COMPARISON OF PLASMA PHENYLALANINE DETERMINATION BY DENSITOMETRY OF THIN-LAYER CHROMATOGRAMS AND BY HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY IN RELATION WITH THE SCREENING OF PHENYLKETONURIA. (2017) (2)
- From cells to multicellular barrier systems (1989) (2)
- Ultrastructural aspects and amino acid composition of the purified inner and outer membranes of human liver mitochondria as compared to rat liver mitochondria. (1992) (2)
- [A comparative study of serum and biliary free amino acids in liver diseases. (A method of exploration of amino acid metabolism)]. (1966) (2)
- Comparative electron microscopic asepcts of human liver mitochondria in situ and isolated in suspensions. (1979) (2)
- A PUBLIC HEALTH PERSPECTIVE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF PLASMA PHENYLALANINE AND TYROSINE DETERMINATION IN RELATION TO NEWBORN SCREENING AND MONITORING OF TREATMENT IN PHENYLKETONURIA. (2016) (2)
- Water channel proteins of adipocytes (2006) (1)
- "Determination of plasma phenylalanine concentration by two dimensionalthin layer chromatography and high performance liquid chromatography in relation with diagnosis of phenylketonuria " (2018) (1)
- Membrane Processes (1984) (1)
- Medical genetics in Romania. (1990) (1)
- A Survey of molecular aspects of membrane structure and function (1985) (0)
- [Effect of halogenated inhalational anesthetics on human liver mitochondrial function]. (1984) (0)
- Vasile V. Morariu (1943-2016) (2016) (0)
- Comparative studies of water permeability of red blood cells from humans and over 30 animal species: an overview of 20 years of collaboration with Philip Kuchel (2012) (0)
- Morphology and water permeability of red blood cells from green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) (2014) (0)
- [Changes of serum and urinary free amino acids in acute and chronic renal insufficiency]. (1969) (0)
- SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT Second World Congress on Water Channel Proteins (Aquaporins and Relatives) Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Discovery of the First Water Channel Protein (Later Called Aquaporin1) Cluj-Napoca, Romania, (2015) (0)
- FTIR spectroscopic structural analysis of the CHIP28 water channel protein. (1996) (0)
- [Uses of ultramicroanalysis in the clinical laboratory. Note III. Determination of serum inorganic phosphorus and acid and alkaline phosphatases]. (1974) (0)
- Water Transport and Biological Membranes: Volume 2 (2017) (0)
- Effects of sulfhydryl group reagents and freezing on human erythrocyte membranes (1988) (0)
- INTRODUCTION (1983) (0)
- [Use of ultramicroanalysis in biochemical and laboratory research]. (1973) (0)
- CEREBROSPINAL FLUID AND PLASMA CONCENTRATIONS OF MAGNESIUM IN EPILEPTIC CHILDREN (1980) (0)
- Mihail Coculescu (1943 - 2016) (2016) (0)
- Comment on The Significance of a Neglected Romanian Book – "The Methods of the Clinical Laboratory", by Ioan Manta and Alexandru Ciplea (2016) (0)
- [Use of ultramicroanalysis in the clinical laboratory. Determination of serum proteins and transaminases]. (1971) (0)
- Actualitati:Second Announcement:Second World Congress on Water Channel Proteins (Aquaporins and Relatives) Celebrating the 30th (2015) (0)
- The effects of N-ethylmaleimide on red blood cell membrane proteins (1990) (0)
- Human liver mitochondria and microsomes: Ultrastructure and functional properties in relation to molecular composition and fluidity (2015) (0)
- Light and Scanning Electron Microscopy of Red Blood Cells From Humans and Animal Species Providing Insights into Molecular Cell Biology (2022) (0)
- Petition for the recognition of Gheorghe Benga, as a discoverer of the first water channel protein in the human red blood cell membrane, several years before (2006) (0)
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