Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29338771›Full record

ReviewBiological research2018

Regulation of aquaporins in plants under stress.

Ranganathan Kapilan, Maryam Vaziri, Janusz J Zwiazek

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Review in Biological research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 152 papers.

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152citing papers in PubMed
17.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

152 citing papers in PubMed, 421 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ranganathan KapilanDepartment of Botany, University of Jaffna, Jaffna, Sri Lanka. ranganat@ualberta.ca.
Maryam VaziriDepartment of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Janusz J ZwiazekDepartment of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
University of Alberta · CAUniversity of Jaffna · LK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aquaporins (AQP) are channel proteins belonging to the Major Intrinsic Protein (MIP) superfamily that play an important role in plant water relations. The main role of aquaporins in plants is transport of water and other small neutral molecules across cellular biological membranes. AQPs have remarkable features to provide an efficient and often, specific water flow and enable them to transport water into and out of the cells along the water potential gradient. Plant AQPs are classified into five main subfamilies including the plasma membrane intrinsic proteins (PIPs), tonoplast intrinsic proteins (TIPs), nodulin 26 like intrinsic proteins (NIPs), small basic intrinsic proteins (SIPs) and X intrinsic proteins (XIPs). AQPs are localized in the cell membranes and are found in all living cells. However, most of the AQPs that have been described in plants are localized to the tonoplast and plasma membranes. Regulation of AQP activity and gene expression, are also considered as a part of the adaptation mechanisms to stress conditions and rely on complex processes and signaling pathways as well as complex transcriptional, translational and posttranscriptional factors. Gating of AQPs through different mechanisms, such as phosphorylation, tetramerization, pH, cations, reactive oxygen species, phytohormones and other chemical agents, may play a key role in plant responses to environmental stresses by maintaining the uptake and movement of water in the plant body.

Indexed as

AquaporinsBiological TransportGene ExpressionPlantsStress, PhysiologicalAquaporinsAquaporinEnvironmental stressesGatingGene regulationPhosphorylationWater transport

Identifiers

PMID29338771
PMCPMC5769316
OpenAlexW2784229669

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