Phylogenomic and functional analyses of salmon lice aquaporins uncover the molecular diversity of the superfamily in Arthropoda

• Published in: BMC Genomics
• Main Authors: Stavang, Jon A., Chauvigné, François, Kongshaug, Heidi, Cerdà, Joan, Nilsen, Frank, Finn, Roderick N.
• Other Authors: SFI-Sea Lice Research Centre (Norway), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Research Council of Norway
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: BioMed Central 2015
• Subjects: Aquaporins; Aquaglyceroporin; Arthropod; Crustacea; Copepods; Salmon louse; Lepeoptheirus; Parasite; Evolution; Osmoregulation; Fluid homeostasis; Permeability; Selectivity; Atlantic salmon; The Louse
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/123905; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-015-1814-8; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003329

14 pages, 5 figures, electronic supplementary material https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-015-1814-8 Background: An emerging field in biomedical research is focusing on the roles of aquaporin water channels in parasites that cause debilitating or lethal diseases to their vertebrate hosts. The primary ve...