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Is there difference between aqueous channel and aquaporin?

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Pathways by which water can cross a membrane lipid bilayer. Water can diffuse slowly across the bilayer between the lipid molecules (shown in blue). ... In contrast, water traverses the membrane much more rapidly through aqueous channels (aquaporins - shown in brown), and this process is much less temperature-sensitive.

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