Pulsatile urea excretion in gulf toadfish (Opsanus beta): Evidence for activation of a specific facilitated diffusion transport system

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 805-817

  Wood, Chris M ^a,b   Gilmour, K M ^c   Perry, S F ^d   Part, P ^e   Laurent, P ^f   Walsh, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Facilitated diffusion; Gills; Nitrogen excretion; Opsanus beta; Pulsatile excretion; Thiourea; Toadfish; Urea; Ureotelism

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NITROGEN; PHLORETIN; UREA; UREA TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DIFFUSION; DRUG EFFECT; FISH; GILL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PULSATILE FLOW; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DIFFUSION; FISHES; GILLS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NITROGEN; PHLORETIN; PULSATILE FLOW; UREA;

ANIMALIA; BATRACHOIDIDAE GEN. SP.; MAMMALIA; OPSANUS BETA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032031796     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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