Ammonia excretion in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): Evidence for Rh glycoprotein and H+-ATPase involvement

Physiological Genomics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 463-474

  Nawata, C Michele ^a   Hung, Carrie C Y ^a,b   Tsui, Tommy K N ^a   Wilson, Jonathan M ^c   Wright, Patricia A ^b   Wood, Chris M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ammonia transport; Gene expression; Gill; Rhesus proteins

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN; CELL FRACTIONATION; DIFFUSION; DNA SEQUENCE; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXCRETION; EYE; FRESHWATER FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; GILL; HEART; INTESTINE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTON TRANSPORT; RAINBOW TROUT; SKIN; SPLEEN; UPREGULATION;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBONIC ANHYDRASES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GLYCOPROTEINS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 36248979864     PISSN: 10948341     EISSN: 15312267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00061.2007     Document Type: Article

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