Loss of a member of the aquaporin gene family, aqpA affects spore dormancy in Dictyostelium

Gene

Volumn 251, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 131-139

  Mitra, Biswa Nath ^a   Yoshino, Ryuji ^a   Morio, Takahiro ^a   Yokoyama, Masako ^b   Maeda, Mineko ^b   Urushihara, Hideko ^a   Tanaka, Yoshimasa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aquaporin; In situ hybridization; Major intrinsic protein; Spore germination; Water channel protein

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENE LOSS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPORE GERMINATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AQUAPORINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; DICTYOSTELIUM; DNA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPORES;

DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; GASTROPODA; MYXOGASTRIA; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 0034720805     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(00)00201-8     Document Type: Article

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