Molecular and cellular characterization of a new aquaporin, AQP-x5, specifically expressed in the small granular glands of Xenopus skin

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 3199-3208

  Kubota, Makoto ^a   Hasegawa, Takahiro ^a   Nakakura, Takashi ^a   Tanii, Haruna ^a   Suzuki, Masakazu ^a   Tanaka, Shigeyasu ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aquaporin; cDNA cloning; Exocrine gland; Immunocytochemistry; Skin; Water channel; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

AQP X5 PROTEIN, XENOPUS; AQP-X5 PROTEIN, XENOPUS; AQUAPORIN 5; MESSENGER RNA; WATER; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FROGS AND TOADS; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; LUNG; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SECRETORY VESICLE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKIN; TESTIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANURA; AQUAPORIN 5; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE LIBRARY; LUNG; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYTES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA, MESSENGER; SECRETORY VESICLES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SKIN; TESTIS; WATER; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANURA; MAMMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 33749179948     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02351     Document Type: Article

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