Evidence for facilitated diffusion of urea across the gill basolateral membrane of the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1663, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 89-96

  McDonald, M Danielle ^a,b   Wood, Chris M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Membrane vesicle; Nitrogen excretion; Phloretin; Teleost; Urea analogue; UT A

Indexed keywords

ACETAMIDE; PHLORETIN; THIOUREA; UREA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; GILL; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; TEMPERATURE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ACETAMIDES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CELL MEMBRANE; DIFFUSION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GILLS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PHLORETIN; TEMPERATURE; THIOUREA; UREA;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 2442622764     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2004.02.009     Document Type: Article

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