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Mouse aquaporin 10 gene (AQP10) is a pseudogene.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 14 Jun 2002
Morinaga Tomonori, Nakakoshi Masamichi, Hirao Atsushi, Imai Masashi, Ishibashi Kenichi
Abstract excerpt
AQP10 is the newest member of aquaporins in mammals and expressed selectively in the duodenum and the jejunum in human functioning as aquaglyceroporin. Here we report the cloning of the mouse AQP10 gene. The gene is composed of six exons and spans 5.2 kb. The arrangement of the exons is well conserved between mouse and human. However, the initiator methionine is lost because of the mutation at the...
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