Combining genome-wide and transcriptome-wide analyses reveal the evolutionary conservation and functional diversity of aquaporins in cotton

Aquaporins (AQPs) are integral membrane proteins from a larger family of major intrinsic proteins (MIPs) and function in a huge variety of processes such as water transport, plant growth and stress response. T...

Source: BMC Genomics - July 1, 2019 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Weixi Li, Dayong Zhang, Guozhong Zhu, Xinyue Mi and Wangzhen Guo Tags: Research article Source Type: research