Active urea transport and an unusual basolateral membrane composition in the gills of a marine elasmobranch

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 280, Issue 1 49-1, 2001, Pages

  Fines, Glenn A ^a   Ballantyne, James S ^a   Wright, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basolateral plasma membrane; Cholesterol; Phloretin; Urea permeability

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL MEMBRANE; DOGFISH; GILL; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREA CYCLE;

EID: 0034997796     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.2001.280.1.r16     Document Type: Article

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