The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Aquaporin 4 across different species:

aquaporin 4 (AQP4), aquaporin 4 (Aqp4), aquaporin 4 (aqp4), aquaporin 4 (LOC100232616)

Other aliases include:

MIWC, HMIWC2, MGC22454, WCH4, Miwc, AQP-4, MIWC2, AQP4.M23, AQP4, zgc:100922, si:ch211-192k9.1, LOC100232616

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Aquaporin 4:

aquaporin 4 – aquaporin-4 – aquaporin type4 – mercurial-insensitive water channel – AQP-4 – WCH4 – aquaporin 4.M23 – MIWC – water channel – mercurial insensitive water channel – aquaporin-4-like

Aquaporin 4 fulfills a number of functions:

transporter activity – water transporter activity – porin activity – water channel activity

Aquaporin 4 is relevant to the following processes:

excretion – nervous system development – transport – carbon dioxide transport – protein homooligomerization – renal water absorption – sensory perception of sound – transmembrane transport – water homeostasis – water transport – cellular response to interferon-gamma – hyperosmotic salinity response – multicellular organismal water homeostasis

Locations for Aquaporin 4:

integral to plasma membrane – membrane – basolateral plasma membrane – cell-cell junction – cytoplasm – integral to membrane – plasma membrane – external side of plasma membrane

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology

2 products cited in Neuroscience letters Aquaporin 1 (Colton Blood Group) (AQP1) ELISA Kit (ABIN414403) , Aquaporin 4 (AQP4) ELISA Kit (ABIN414404)

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