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 Anders, Chauvigné, Francois, Kongshaug, Heidi, Cerdà, Joan, Nilsen, Frank, Finn, Roderick Nigel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central 2015
• Subjects: Aquaporin; Aquaglyceroporin; VDP::Matematikk og naturvitenskap: 400::Basale biofag: 470::Genetikk og genomikk: 474; VDP::Mathematics and natural scienses: 400::Basic biosciences: 470::Genetics and genomics: 474; VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700; The Louse; Atlantic salmon
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1956/10842; 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 vectorial agents are hematophagous arthropods, including mosquitoes, flies, ticks and lice, however...