Ammonotelic teleosts and urea transporters

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 288, Issue 3 57-3, 2005, Pages

  Mathai, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASOLATERAL MEMBRANE; CHLORIDE TRANSPORT; EDITORIAL; ELASMOBRANCHII; FLUID BALANCE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM OSMOLALITY; TELEOST; UREA CYCLE;

EID: 14044257898     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00391.2004     Document Type: Editorial

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