Molecular characterization of an elasmobranch urea transporter

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 276, Issue 2 45-2, 1999, Pages

  Smith, Craig P ^a   Wright, Patricia A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dogfish shark; Facilitated urea transport; Kidney; Osmoregulation; Urea excretion

Indexed keywords

UREA;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DOGFISH; EXCRETION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OSMOREGULATION; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREA CYCLE; XENOPUS;

EID: 0032981080     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1999.276.2.r622     Document Type: Article

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