Mitochondria-rich cells in anuran Amphibia: Chloride conductance and regional distribution over the body surface

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 131-139

  Katz, U ^a   Rozman, A ^a   Zaccone, G ^b   Fasulo, S ^b   Gabbay, S ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bufo viridis; cAMP; Chloride conductance; Glands; Hyla arborea; Pelobates syriacus; Silver staining; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; BODY SURFACE; CELL DENSITY; CHLORIDE CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FROGS AND TOADS; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; SILVER STAINING; SKIN EPITHELIUM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; BUFO VIRIDIS; HYLA ARBOREA; PELOBATES SYRIACUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0034045046     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(99)00168-3     Document Type: Article

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