Unexpected complexity of the Aquaporin gene family in the moss Physcomitrella patens

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Table 2 Sequences identified as belonging to the novel XIP subfamily

Number^a	ID^b	Type^c	Organism	Descr.	Comments
1	DN837617	EST	Selaginella moellendorffii	-	cDNA from whole plant
2	BT014197	EST	Solanum lycopersicum ^d	-	cDNA from fruit
3	DY275505	EST	Citrus clementina	-	cDNA from mixed tissue
4	CO092422	EST	Gossypium raimondii	-	cDNA from whole seedlings
5	CK295158	EST	Nicotiana benthamiana	-	cDNA from mixed tissue
6	EG656577	EST	Ricinus communis	-	cDNA from seeds
7	EG666650	EST	Ricinus communis	-	cDNA from roots
8	CK746370^e DT60037^e	EST	Liriodendron tulipifera	-	cDNA from flower buds
9	DR936893^e DT742029^e	EST	Aquilegia Formosa × Aquilegia pubescens	-	cDNA from mixed tissue
10	AM455454	WGSS	Vitis vinifera	-	Exons between nucleotides 61100–61186, 61265–61354 & 61465–62185
11	AM455454	WGSS	Vitis vinifera	-	Exons between nucleotides 69471–69617 & 69685–70443
12	557139	Gene	Populus trichocarpa	PIP	no EST support
13	829126	Gene	Populus trichocarpa	PIP	EST support from cambium
14	767334	Gene	Populus trichocarpa	PIP	no EST support
15	759781	Gene	Populus trichocarpa	PIP	no EST support
16	821124	Gene	Populus trichocarpa	PIP	EST support from petioles
17	XM_639170	Gene	Dictyostelium discoideum AX4 ^f	MIP	Hypothetical protein

^aNumber used for identification in Fig. 3 ^b GenBank ID or Protein ID for Populus trichocarpa v 1.1 database at JGI ^c EST = Expressed Sequence Tag, WGSS = Whole Genome Shotgun Sequence, Gene = Annotated gene ^d Tomato, previously named Lycopersicon esculentum ^e Two overlapping sequences were used to construct a full length sequence ^f The only non-plant species and a very divergent sequence

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