any one of a group of proteins in cell membranes that allow the passage of water across the membrane
Examples of 'aquaporin' in a sentence
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Aquaporin and proline transporters regulate the distribution of water and proline throughout the whole plant.
Yubing Liu, Meiling Liu, Xinrong Li, Bo Cao, Xiaofei Ma 2014, 'Identification of Differentially Expressed Genes in Leaf of Reaumuria soongorica underPEG-Induced Drought Stress by Digital Gene Expression Profiling', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0094277. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Aquaporin membrane protein channels mediate cellular water flow.
Philip Kitchen, Fredrik Öberg, Jennie Sjöhamn, Kristina Hedfalk, Roslyn M. Bill, AlexC. Conner, Matthew T. Conner, Susanna Törnroth-Horsefield 2015, 'Plasma Membrane Abundance of Human Aquaporin 5 Is Dynamically Regulated by MultiplePathways', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0143027. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The aquaporin family of proteins form important components of the parasite-host interface.
Neha Biyani, Swati Mandal, Chandan Seth, Malika Saint, Krishnamurthy Natarajan, IndiraGhosh, Rentala Madhubala 2011, 'Characterization of Leishmania donovani Aquaporins Shows Presence of Subcellular AquaporinsSimilar to Tonoplast Intrinsic Proteins of Plants', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0024820. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Major facilitators of water movement through plant cell membranes include aquaporinproteins.
B. Pandey, P. Sharma, D.M. Pandey, I. Sharma, R. Chatrath 2013, 'Identification of New Aquaporin Genes and Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in BreadWheat', Evolutionary Bioinformaticshttps://doi.org/10.4137/EBO.S12568. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Multivariate analysis demonstrated that aquaporin 1, 3 were not independent prognostic factors in cervical carcinoma.
Rui Chen, Yonghua Shi, Reshalaity Amiduo, Talaf Tuokan, Lalai Suzuk 2014, 'Expression and prognostic value of aquaporin 1, 3 in cervical carcinoma in women ofUygur ethnicity from Xinjiang, China.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4053468?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Astrocytes express aquaporin 4, the water channel protein, involved in water homeostasis andedema formation.
Fukuda Andrew M, Badaut Jerome 2012, 'Aquaporin 4: a player in cerebral edema and neuroinflammation', Journal of Neuroinflammationhttp://www.jneuroinflammation.com/content/9/1/279. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Water follows sodium through aquaporin channels, leading to cytotoxic edema.
Cassandra M Wilkinson, Paul S Brar, Celine J Balay, Frederick Colbourne 2019, 'Glibenclamide, a Sur1-Trpm4 antagonist, does not improve outcome after collagenase-inducedintracerebral hemorrhage.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6494051?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Hypertonic media causes cells to shrink due to water loss through aquaporin channels.
Anna Wibberley, Caroline A Staunton, Claire H Feetham, Alexey A Vereninov, RichardBarrett-Jolley 2015, 'An in vitro model of skeletal muscle volume regulation.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4452315?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We found 47 aquaporin genes in the tomato genome and analyzed their structural features.
Stefan Reuscher, Masahito Akiyama, Chiharu Mori, Koh Aoki, Daisuke Shibata, KatsuhiroShiratake 2013, 'Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of aquaporins in tomato.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3834038?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)