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Functional characterization of aquaporins and aquaglyceroporins of the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti

After taking vertebrate blood, female mosquitoes quickly shed excess water and ions while retaining and concentrating the mostly proteinaceous nutrients. Aquaporins (AQPs) are an evolutionary conserved family of membrane transporter proteins that regulate the flow of water and in some cases glycerol...

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Autores principales: Drake, Lisa L., Rodriguez, Stacy D., Hansen, Immo A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4295104/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25589229
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep07795