Mercury toxicity in the shark (Squalus acanthias) rectal gland: Apical CFTR chloride channels are inhibited by mercuric chloride

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 305, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 259-267

  Ratner, Martha A ^a,b   Decker, Sarah E ^a,b   Aller, Stephen G ^a,b   Weber, Gerhard ^a,b   Forrest Jr , John N ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT DESERT ISLAND BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDRICHTHYES; SQUALUS; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS;

DITHIOTHREITOL; FORSKOLIN; GLUTATHIONE; ISOBUTYLMETHYLXANTHINE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CYTOLOGY; DOGFISH; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETICS; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; SALT GLAND; XENOPUS;

1-METHYL-3-ISOBUTYLXANTHINE; ANIMALS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; DITHIOTHREITOL; DOGFISH; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FORSKOLIN; GLUTATHIONE; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SALT GLAND; XENOPUS;

EID: 33645967186     PISSN: 15488969     EISSN: 1552499X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.257     Document Type: Article

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