Urinary protein excretion in red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1273-1275

  Janes, Donald N ^a,b   Braun, Eldon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Albumin; Avian; Bird; Glomerular filtration; Plasma; Protein; Urine; Urine flow rate

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CHICKEN; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; KIDNEY TUBULE ABSORPTION; NEPHRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; REVIEW; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE FLOW RATE;

EID: 0031407477     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9629(97)00247-8     Document Type: Article

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