Effect of mercuric chloride on electrical parameters and anion fluxes in the toad skin

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-27

  Castillo, Graciela ^a   Chanampa, Yolanda ^a   Orce, Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

131I ; 36Cl ; 99mTcO4 ; Bufo arenarum; Epithelial anion permeability; Short circuit current; Toad skin; Transepithelial conductance; Unidirectional fluxes

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE ION; MERCAPTOETHANOL; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; SODIUM ION; THEOPHYLLINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY; ISOLATED ORGAN; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENT; SKIN; SKIN STIMULATION; SODIUM TRANSPORT;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO ARENARUM;

EID: 15744404656     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2004.12.003     Document Type: Article

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