Aquaporin evolution in fishes
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Fecha de publicación
2011-07-26ISSN
1664-042X
Resumen
Aquaporins represent a primordial group of transmembrane solvent channels that have
been documented throughout the living biota. This facet alone emphasizes the positive
selection pressure for proteins associated with intracellular fluid homeostasis. Amongst
extant Eukaryota the highest gene copy number can be found in plants and teleosts, a
feature that reflects the genomic duplication history in both groups. In this minireview we
discuss the discovery, structure, duplication, and diversification of the aquaporin superfamily. We focus on teleosts as the main models, but include data available for other organisms
to provide a broader perspective.
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English
Materias (CDU)
639 - Caza. Pesca. Piscicultura
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6
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Frontiers Media
Publicado en
Frontiers in Physiology
Citación
Finn, Roderick Nigel and Joan Cerdà. 2011. “Aquaporin Evolution in Fishes.” Frontiers in Physiology 2 : 44. doi:10.3389/fphys.2011.00044
Número del acuerdo de la subvención
MEC/ /AGL2007-60262/ES/MECANISMOS MOLECULARES IMPLICADOS EN LA REGULACION DE AQUAPORINAS EN EL OOCITO DE PECES MARINOS Y APLICACIONES PARA LA CRIOPRESERVACION DE GAMETOS FEMENINOS EN ACUICULTURA/ACU
MICINN/Programa Nacional de Proyectos de Investigación Fundamental/AGL2010-15597/ES/AQUAPORINAS TESTICULARES DURANTE LA ESPERMATOGENESIS DE PECES MARINOS Y LA ACTIVACION Y PERMEABILIDAD ESPERMATICA/
EC/FP6/35995/EU/Integrated analyses of aquaporin structure and function/AQUA(GLYCERO)PORINS
Program
Aqüicultura
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Copyright: © 2011 Finn and Cerdà. This is an open-access article subject to a non-exclusive license between the authors and Frontiers Media SA, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in other forums, provided the original authors and source are credited and other Frontiers conditions are complied with.