The giant mudskipper Periophthalmodon schlosseri facilitates active NH 4+ excretion by increasing acid excretion and decreasing NH3 permeability in the skin

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 787-801

  Ip, Yuen K ^a   Randall, David J ^b   Kok, Timothy K T ^a   Barzaghi, Cristiana ^a   Wright, Patricia A ^c   Ballantyne, James S ^c   Wilson, Jonathan M ^d   Chew, Shit F ^e  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d Rua Dos Bragas 177 289   (Portugal)

^e NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Cholesterol; Excretion; Fatty acid; Gill; H + ATPase; Lipid; Membrane; Membrane fluidity; Mudskipper; Periophthalmodon schlosseri; Permeability; Phospholipid; Proton pump; Skin

Indexed keywords

ACID; AMMONIA; FATTY ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; SEA WATER;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; MALAYSIA; METABOLISM; PERCIFORMES; PH; SKIN;

ACIDS; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; ENVIRONMENT; FATTY ACIDS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALAYSIA; PERCIFORMES; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; SEAWATER; SKIN;

ANIMALIA; PERCIFORMES; PERIOPHTHALMUS BARBARUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 1342267106     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00788     Document Type: Article

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