Greatly elevated urea excretion after air exposure appears to be carrier mediated in the slender lungfish (Protopterus dolloi)

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 893-907

  Wood, Chris M ^a,b   Walsh, Patrick J ^b   Chew, Shit F ^c   Ip, Yuen K ^d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON; CARRIER PROTEIN; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; TRITIUM; UREA; UREA TRANSPORTER;

PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREATHING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FISH; GILL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; TIME; URINE;

AMMONIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; ESTIVATION; FISHES; GILLS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RESPIRATION; SKIN; TIME FACTORS; TRITIUM; UREA;

PROTOPTERUS DOLLOI;

EID: 27744562511     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/432919     Document Type: Article

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