Urea and water permeability in dogfish (Squalus acanthias) gills

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 117-123

  Pärt, Peter ^a   Wright, Patricia A ^b   Wood, Chris M ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

3H2O; Adrenalin; Gill; Gill perfusion; Permeability; Phloretin; Squalus acanthias; Thiourea; Urea

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL MEMBRANE; FISH; GILL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; UREA CYCLE; WATER PERMEABILITY;

SQUALUS ACANTHIAS;

EID: 0345368057     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(97)00400-5     Document Type: Article

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