Effect of osmotic stress on expression of a putative facilitative urea transporter in the kidney and urinary bladder of the marine toad, Bufo marinus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1207-1216

  Konno, Norifumi ^a   Hyodo, Susumu ^b   Matsuda, Kouhei ^a   Uchiyama, Minoru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bufo marinus; Diluting segment; Kidney; Osmoregulation; Urea transporter (UT)

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UREA TRANSPORTER;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOAD;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BUFO MARINUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; URINARY BLADDER;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO; BUFO MARINUS; MAMMALIA; RANA ESCULENTA;

EID: 33646396760     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02123     Document Type: Article

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