Rhesus glycoprotein gene expression in the mangrove killifish Kryptolebias marmoratus exposed to elevated environmental ammonia levels and air

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 2419-2429

  Hung, C Y C ^a,b   Tsui, K N T ^b   Wilson, J M ^c   Nawata, C M ^b   Wood, C M ^b   Wright, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ammonia excretion; Ammonia transporter; Gills; Kryptolebias marmoratus; Skin

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; FISH PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FISH PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; CYPRINODONTOIDEI; KRYPTOLEBIAS MARMORATUS;

EID: 34547821919     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.002568     Document Type: Article

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