Aquaporins are critical for provision of water during lactation and intrauterine progeny hydration to maintain tsetse fly reproductive success.

• Main Authors: Joshua B Benoit (Author), Immo A Hansen (Author), Geoffrey M Attardo (Author), Veronika Michalková (Author), Paul O Mireji (Author), Joel L Bargul (Author), Lisa L Drake (Author), Daniel K Masiga (Author), Serap Aksoy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Tsetse flies undergo drastic fluctuations in their water content throughout their adult life history due to events such as blood feeding, dehydration and lactation, an essential feature of the viviparous reproductive biology of tsetse. Aquaporins (AQPs) are transmembrane proteins that allow water an...