Regulation of a renal urea transporter with reduced salinity in a marine elasmobranch, Raja erinacea

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 3285-3292

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Osmoregulation; Raja erinacea; Skate; Trimethylamine oxide; Urea transporter gene

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOWN-REGULATION; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; METHYLAMINES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEW BRUNSWICK; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKATES (FISH); UREA;

ELASMOBRANCHII; ERINACEA; LEUCORAJA ERINACEA; RAJA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141789680     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00554     Document Type: Article

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