Evidence for independent Cl- and HCO3- secretion and involvement of an apical Na+-HCO3- cotransporter in cultured rat epididymal epithelia

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 515-524

  Chan, H C ^a   Ko, W H ^a   Zhao, W ^a   Fu, W O ^a   Wong, P Y D ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

8 (4 CHLOROPHENYLTHIO) CYCLIC AMP; ANION CHANNEL; BICARBONATE; CHLORIDE ION; SODIUM ION; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; ION TRANSPORT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTON SODIUM EXCHANGE; RAT; SECRETION; SYMPOSIUM;

EID: 0029895641     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.1996.sp003954     Document Type: Conference Paper

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