Molecular cloning of urea transporters from the kidneys of baleen and toothed whales

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 227-235

  Birukawa, Naoko ^a   Ando, Hironori ^a   Goto, Mutsuo ^b   Kanda, Naohisa ^b   Pastene, Luis A ^b   Urano, Akihisa ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Institute of Cetacean Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cetaceans; Cloning; Kidney; Osmoregulation; Urea; Urea transporter

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN KINASE C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; UREA TRANSPORTER A2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BALAENOPTERA; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GLYCOSYLATION; KIDNEY; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; MINKE WHALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SPERM WHALE;

BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; MYSTICETI; ODONTOCETI; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 37349020040     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2006.11.033     Document Type: Article

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