Cloning and functional expression of human aquaporin8 cDNA and analysis of its gene

Genomics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 169-172

  Koyama, Nobuyuki ^a   Ishibashi, Kenichi ^a   Kuwahara, Michio ^a   Inase, Naohiko ^a   Ichioka, Masahiko ^a   Sasaki, Sei ^a   Marumo, Fumiaki ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COLON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANCREAS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER TRANSPORT; XENOPUS;

EID: 0032533665     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1998.5552     Document Type: Article

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