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The Malpighian tubule: rapid insights from post-genomic biology.
Journal of insect physiology - 1 Apr 2006
Dow Julian A T, Davies Shireen A
Abstract excerpt
Good osmoregulation is critical to the success of insects, and the Malpighian tubules play a key role in osmoregulation. Recently, the application of genetics and genomics to the Drosophila tubule has revealed far more extensive roles than ion and water transport. Microarray analysis shows that organic solute transporters dominate the tubule transcriptome. The tubule thus has the capability to excrete actively...
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