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Peter Agre and Roderick MacKinnon were awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their discovery of ion channels.
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Is it true that Peter Agre and Roderick MacKinnon were awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their discovery of ion channels?
Yes. Peter Agre and Roderick MacKinnon shared the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on membrane channels, with MacKinnon specifically honored for ion channels and Agre for water channels (aquaporins).
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Wikipedia: Peter Agre. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Agre
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States Agre and MacKinnon shared the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for cell membrane channels.
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Wikipedia: Wikipedia: Peter Agre. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Agre
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Wikipedia: Roderick MacKinnon. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roderick_MacKinnon
Notes MacKinnon was recognized for ion channels and Agre for water channels.
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Semantic Scholar peS2o: Structure of Aquaporin Reveals Mechanism for Transport Selectivity. (n.d.). Semantic Scholar peS2o. http://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.0000075&type=printable
States the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to MacKinnon for ion channel structure and Agre for aquaporins.
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Wikibooks: Wikibooks: Structural Biochemistry/Volume 6. (n.d.). Wikibooks. https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Structural_Biochemistry/Volume_6
States the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Peter Agre and Roderick MacKinnon for discovering ion channels.
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Simple English Wikipedia: Simple English Wikipedia: Ion channel. (n.d.). Simple English Wikipedia. https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_channel
Mentions MacKinnon was recognized for an ion channel and Agre for a water channel.
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Semantic Scholar peS2o: Structural Mechanism Shows How Transferrin Receptor Binds Multiple Ligands and Sheds Light on a Hereditary Iron Disease. (n.d.). Semantic Scholar peS2o. https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.0000029&type=printable
States the 2003 prize was awarded to MacKinnon for ion channels and Agre for aquaporins.
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Wikibooks: Wikibooks: Structural Biochemistry/Membrane Proteins/Ion Channels. (n.d.). Wikibooks. https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Structural_Biochemistry/Membrane_Proteins/Ion_Channels
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