Nitric oxide decreases ammonium release in tadpoles of the clawed frog, Xenopus laevis, Daudin

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 177, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 401-411

  Wildling, Stefan ^a   Kerschbaum, Hubert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Epidermis; NADPH diaphorase; Nitric oxide; Tadpoles; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

4,5 DIAMINOFLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; 4,5-DIAMINOFLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; ARGININE; CYCLIC GMP; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FLUORESCEIN; N ACETYL S NITROSOPENICILLAMINE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; EPIDERMIS; GILL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARVA; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; MOTIVATION; STRESS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; CYCLIC GMP; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EPIDERMIS; FLUORESCEIN; GILLS; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LARVA; MITOCHONDRIA; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; S-NITROSO-N-ACETYLPENICILLAMINE; STRESS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; XENOPUS (GENUS); XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 34247202025     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-006-0139-y     Document Type: Article

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