Expression of the ammonia transporter proteins Rh B glycoprotein and Rh C glycoprotein in the intestinal tract

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 288, Issue 5 51-5, 2005, Pages

  Handlogten, Mary E ^b   Hong, Seong Pyo ^b   Zhang, Li ^b   Vander, Allen W ^b   Steinbaum, Marshall L ^b   Campbell Thompson, Martha ^b   Weiner, I David ^a,b  

^a Medical Service   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Large intestine; Small intestine

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARRIER PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RH B GLYCOPROTEIN; RH C GLYCOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL MEMBRANE; COLON; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPT CELL; DUODENUM; FEMALE; FORESTOMACH; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; ILEUM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; JEJUNUM; MOUSE; MUCOUS CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; STOMACH; STOMACH FUNDUS;

ANIMALS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; COLON; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOPROTEINS; JEJUNUM; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; RNA, MESSENGER; STOMACH;

EID: 17644370654     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00418.2004     Document Type: Article

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