Identification, functional characterization and expression patterns of a water-specific aquaporin in the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 105-112

  Ball, Andrew ^a   Campbell, Ewan M ^a   Jacob, Jimmy ^a   Hoppler, Stefan ^b   Bowman, Alan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquaporin; Fluid, salivary gland; Malpighian tubule; Osmoregulation; Phosphorylation; Rhipicephalus sanguineus; Tick

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; INSECT PROTEIN; WATER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DOG; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SALIVARY GLAND; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TICK;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AQUAPORINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DOGS; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHYLOGENY; SALIVARY GLANDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TICKS; WATER;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; HEXAPODA; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

EID: 60549114330     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2008.10.006     Document Type: Article

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