Comparative cell shape and diffusional water permeability of red blood cells from Indian elephant (Elephas maximus) and man (Homo sapiens)

Comparative Haematology International

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-8

  Benga, G ^a  

^a IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Aquaporin; Elephant; Red blood cells; Water permeability

Indexed keywords

CHLOROMERCURIBENZENESULFONIC ACID; MANGANESE; WATER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIFFUSION; ELEPHANT; ENERGY RESOURCE; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTE SHAPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; WATER PERMEABILITY;

EID: 0033835132     PISSN: 09387714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005800070020     Document Type: Article

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