MeSH note : Water channel; may be responsible for regulating the osmolarity of the lens; defects
in MIP are a cause of autosomal recessive congenital CATARACT; RefSeqNM_012064; do
not confuse with MIP protein (microtubule-assembly inhibitor protein);
MeSH synonym : lens major instrinsic protein; MIP (lens membrane); AQP0 protein; lens protein MP26; MP26 major intrinsic protein of lens fiber; main intrinsic protein (lens membrane); lens fiber junction (MIP) protein;
MeSH hyponym : major intrinsic protein of eye lens fiber, mouse; major intrinsic protein of eye lens fiber, rat; lens fiber major intrinsic protein, human; aquaporin 0, human;