Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8357560 | Plant Science | 2015 | 16 Pages |
Abstract
Genetic, physiological, and molecular evidence is that NIPs from primitive to higher plants not only transport all environmentally important metalloids, but that these proteins have a major role in the uptake, translocation, and extrusion of metalloids in plants. As most of the metalloid-permeable NIP aquaporins are impermeable or are poorly permeable to water, these NIP channel proteins should be considered as physiologically essential metalloido-porins.
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Authors
Benjamin Pommerrenig, Till Arvid Diehn, Gerd Patrick Bienert,