Regulation of aquaporins in plants under stress

Abstract Aquaporins (AQP) are channel proteins belonging to the Major Intrinsic Protein (MIP) superfamily that play an important role in plant water relations. The main role of aquaporins in plants is transport of water and other small neutral molecules across cellular biological membranes. AQPs hav...

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Main Authors: Ranganathan Kapilan, Maryam Vaziri, Janusz J. Zwiazek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:Biological Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40659-018-0152-0