Active ammonia absorption in the midgut of the Tobacco hornworm Manduca sexta L.: Transport studies and mRNA expression analysis of a Rhesus-like ammonia transporter

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 808-821

  Weihrauch, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active ammonia transport; Amiloride; Ba2+; Bafilomycin A1; Colchicine; Manduca sexta; Rhesus like protein; Ussing chamber

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; AMMONIA; BARIUM DERIVATIVE; CARRIER PROTEIN; COLCHICINE; INSECT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; TUBULIN MODULATOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; GANGLION; GENETICS; HEMOLYMPH; INTESTINE; LEPIDOPTERA; MALPIGHIAN TUBULE; METABOLISM; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

AMILORIDE; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; COLCHICINE; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; HEMOLYMPH; INSECT PROTEINS; INTESTINES; MALPIGHIAN TUBULES; MANDUCA; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; RNA, MESSENGER; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; TUBULIN MODULATORS;

MANDUCA SEXTA;

EID: 33749256269     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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