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SUBMITTER: Finn RN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3145251 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Aquaporins represent a primordial group of transmembrane solvent channels that have been documented throughout the living biota. This facet alone emphasizes the positive selection pressure for proteins associated with intracellular fluid homeostasis. Amongst extant Eukaryota the highest gene copy number can be found in plants and teleosts, a feature that reflects the genomic duplication history in both groups. In this minireview we discuss the discovery, structure, duplication, and diversificati ...[more]