Plant growth and development are dependent on tight regulation of water movement. Water
diffusion across cell membranes is facilitated by aquaporins that provide plants with the …

Aquaporins are membrane channel proteins ubiquitously present in all kingdoms of life.
Although aquaporins were originally discovered as water channels, their roles in the …

Scarcity of water is a severe environmental constraint to plant productivity. Drought-induced
loss in crop yield probably exceeds losses from all other causes, since both the severity and …

Seed priming is a pre-sowing treatment that partially hydrates seeds without allowing radicle
emergence. Consequently, primed seeds are equipped with advanced germination and …

Aquaporins are channel proteins present in the plasma and intracellular membranes of plant
cells, where they facilitate the transport of water and/or small neutral solutes (urea, boric …

The capacity of roots to take up water is determined in part by the resistance of living tissues
to radial water flow. Both the apoplastic and cell‐to‐cell paths mediate water transport in …

Plant aquaporins form a large protein family including plasma membrane-type (PIPs) and
tonoplast-type aquaporins (TIPs), and facilitate osmotic water transport across membranes …

Aquaporins facilitate the uptake of soil water and mediate the regulation of root hydraulic
conductivity (L pr) in response to a large variety of environmental stresses. Here, we use …

There is strong evidence that aquaporins are central components in plant water relations.
Plant species possess more aquaporin genes than species from other kingdoms. According …

Aquaporin belongs to a highly conserved group of membrane proteins called major intrinsic
proteins that facilitate water transport across biological membranes. The genome of …