Expression of taurine transporter in response to hypo-osmotic stress in the mantle of Mediterranean blue mussel

Fisheries Science

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 356-360

  Toyohara, Haruhiko ^a   Yoshida, Marika ^a,b   Hosoi, Masatomi ^a   Hayashi, Isao ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Recruit Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mantle; Mediterranean blue mussel; Mytilus galloprovincialis; Osmolality; Taurine transporter

Indexed keywords

MYTILUS EDULIS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 18844448434     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2005.00972.x     Document Type: Article

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