Molecular characterization of a urea transporter in the gill of the gulf toadfish (Opsanus beta)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 2357-2364

  Walsh, Patrick J ^a   Heitz, Molly J ^b   Campbell, Catherine E ^a   Cooper, Gordon J ^b   Medina, Monica ^a   Wang, Yuxiang S ^a   Goss, Greg G ^c   Vincek, Vladimir ^d   Wood, Chris M ^e   Smith, Craig P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gill; Gulf toadfish; Nitrogen excretion; Opsanus beta; Urea transporter gene; UT A2

Indexed keywords

BASE PAIRING; CELL TRANSPORT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENETIC REGULATION; GILL; KIDNEY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MESSENGER RNA; OPEN READING FRAME; OPSANUS BETA; PHLORETIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UREA TRANSPORTER; VASOPRESSIN; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; FISHES; GENE EXPRESSION; GILLS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYTES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UREA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOIDIDAE GEN. SP.; CHONDRICHTHYES; MAMMALIA; OPSANUS BETA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033844343     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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