Comparison of K+-p-nitrophenyl phosphatase activity in the urinary bladder of the frog Rana esculenta during hibernation and active life

European Journal of Histochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-62

  De Piceis Polver, P ^a   Fenoglio, C ^a   Barni, S ^a   Gerzeli, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active and hibernating frogs; K+ p nitrophenyl phosphatase; Urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

4 NITROPHENYLPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM);

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYMOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FROG; HIBERNATION; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

4-NITROPHENYLPHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HIBERNATION; MITOCHONDRIA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NA(+)-K(+)-EXCHANGING ATPASE; RANA ESCULENTA; URINARY BLADDER;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA ESCULENTA;

EID: 0033406446     PISSN: 1121760X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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