The physiology and evolution of urea transport in fishes

Journal of Membrane Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 93-107

  McDonald, M D ^a   Smith, C P ^b   Walsh, P J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active transport; Excretion; Facilitated diffusion; Gill; Kidney; UT A

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; UREA;

CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFUSION; ELASMOBRANCHII; ERYTHROCYTE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FISH; FISH GENETICS; GILL; KIDNEY; LIVER CELL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TELEOST; TOXICITY; TRANSPORT KINETICS; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; EVOLUTION; FISHES; KIDNEY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; UREA;

ANIMALIA; ELASMOBRANCHII; PISCES; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33847160016     PISSN: 00222631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00232-006-0869-5     Document Type: Review

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