Urea transport in kidney brush-border membrane vesicles from an elasmobranch, Raja erinacea

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 3293-3302

  Morgan, Robyn L ^a   Wright, Patricia A ^a   Ballantyne, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brush border plasma membrane; Little skate; Phloretin; Raja erinacea; Urea permeability

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARBON; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; PHLORETIN; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; UREA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRIC FISH; KIDNEY; METABOLISM; MICROVILLUS; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; KIDNEY; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MICROVILLI; NEW BRUNSWICK; PHLORETIN; POTASSIUM; SKATES (FISH); SODIUM; UREA;

ANIMALIA; ELECTRIC FISH; ERINACEA; LEUCORAJA ERINACEA; PISCES; RAJA; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS;

EID: 0141677715     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00555     Document Type: Article

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