Interactions of urea transport and synthesis in hepatocytes of the gulf toadfish, Opsanus beta

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 411-416

  Walsh, Patrick J ^a   Wood, Chris M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

1 (3,4 dichlorophenyl) 2 thiourea; gulf toadfish; hepatocytes; hyaluronidase; Opsanus beta; ornithine urea cycle; phloretin sensitive urea transport; ureogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TRANSPORT; FISH; LIVER CELL; LIVER METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREA CYCLE;

EID: 0029880829     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(95)02059-4     Document Type: Article

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