The characterisation and functional role of aquaporin water channels in the lumbricid earthworm Lumbricus rubellus

Two full length AQP genes (<i>LrAQP-A</i> and <i>LrAQP-G</i>) were isolated from the earthworm <i>Lumbricus rubellus</i> by RACE-PCR.  Sequence analysis revealed a number of unusual residues in the critical aqueous pore region in both AQPs, including a substitutio...

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Main Author: Campbell, Ewan McInnes
Published: University of Aberdeen 2008
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.446201