A facilitative urea transporter is localized in the renal collecting tubule of the dogfish Triakis scyllia

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 347-356

  Hyodo, Susumu ^a   Katoh, Fumi ^a   Kaneko, Toyoji ^a   Takei, Yoshio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bundle zone; Collecting tubule; Dogfish; Elasmobranch; Facilitative diffusion; Kidney; Na+ K+ ATPase; Triakis scyllia; Urea reabsorption; Urea transporter

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); CARRIER PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA; UREA TRANSPORTER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOGFISH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOGFISH; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY TUBULES, COLLECTING; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NA(+)-K(+)-EXCHANGING ATPASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; ELASMOBRANCHII; SQUALUS; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS; TRIAKIS; TRIAKIS SCYLLIUM;

EID: 1642546275     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00773     Document Type: Article

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