Evolution and functional diversity of aquaporins

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 229, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 6-23

  Finn, Roderick Nigel ^a,b   Cerdá, Joan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; GENE; GENE TRANSFER; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN;

EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; PROKARYOTA; VERTEBRATA;

AQUAPORIN;

ANIMAL; ARCHAEON; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORINS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENETIC VARIATION;

EID: 84940771872     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/BBLv229n1p6     Document Type: Article

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