Differential handling of urea and its analogues suggests carrier-mediated urea excretion in freshwater rainbow trout

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 791-802

  McDonald, M Danielle ^a,b   Wood, Chris M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAMIDE; ACETAMIDE DERIVATIVE; FRESH WATER; THIOUREA; UREA;

UREA;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATHETERIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GILL; KIDNEY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RAINBOW TROUT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; URINE;

ACETAMIDES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CATHETERIZATION; FRESH WATER; GILLS; KIDNEY; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THIOUREA; UREA;

ANIMALIA; BATRACHOIDIDAE GEN. SP.; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; OPSANUS BETA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0442284142     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/378919     Document Type: Article

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