NO2- uptake and HCO3- excretion in the intestine of the European flounder (Platichthys flesus)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 2103-2110

  Grosell, M ^a,b   Jensen, F B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Base excretion; Bumetanide; Cl HCO3 exchange; DIDS; Flounder; Ion transport; Marine teleost; Na+ K+ 2Cl cotransport; Nitrite; NO2 ; Platichthys flesus

Indexed keywords

PLATICHTHYS FLESUS;

BICARBONATE; CARRIER PROTEIN; NITRITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FLOUNDER; INTESTINE; ION TRANSPORT; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BICARBONATES; CARRIER PROTEINS; FLOUNDER; INTESTINES; ION TRANSPORT; NITRITES;

EID: 0032815776     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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