Gastric mucus of the guinea pig: Proton carrier and diffusion barrier

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 1 35-1, 1997, Pages

  Schreiber, Soren ^a,b   Scheid, Peter ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

pepsin; pepsinogen; proton buffering

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE; MUCIN; PEPSINOGEN; PEPSTATIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; GUINEA PIG; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; STOMACH MUCUS;

EID: 0031024103     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1997.272.1.g63     Document Type: Article

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