The pituitary gland of vertebrates produces a number of hormones, growth hormone, prolactin, somatolactin, gonadotrophin, thyroid stimulating hormone, proopiomelanocorticotrophin, which regulate a number of important production traits.
The aquaporins (formerly called the major intrinsic protein family) are transmembrane channel proteins. The family includes the CHIP group, which are functionally characterised as water channels and the GLP group, which are specialised for glycerol transport. The present study reports the identification and characterisation of a novel GLP family member in a teleost fish, the sea bream Sparus auratus. A sea brea...
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