Cloning and functional characterization of a second urea transporter from the kidney of the Atlantic stingray, Dasyatis sabina

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 291, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Janech, Michael G ^a,b   Fitzgibbon, Wayne R ^a,b   Nowak, Mark W ^b,e   Miller, Donald H ^a,b   Paul, Richard V ^b,c,d   Ploth, David W ^a,b,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Piedmont Nephrology Hypertension A   (United States)

^e Neurion Pharmaceuticals   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Elasmobranch; Euryhaline; Osmoregulation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARRIER PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; PHLORETIN; PROTEIN UREA TRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DASYATIS SABINA; ELASMOBRANCHII; GENE AMPLIFICATION; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY TUBULE ABSORPTION; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; KIDNEY; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SKATES (FISH);

EID: 33748475511     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00739.2005     Document Type: Article

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