Ammonia transport by the urinary bladder of Bufo marinus

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 153-158

  Melton, L B ^a,c   Vanatta, John C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

acidosis metabolic; ammonia transport; Bufo marinus; epithelial transport; toad; toad urinary bladder; urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; ION TRANSPORT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030270746     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(96)00028-X     Document Type: Article

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