Ammonia excretion by the skin of zebrafish (Danio rerio) larvae

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 295, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Shih, Tin Han ^a   Horng, Jiun Lin ^b   Hwang, Pung Pung ^b   Lin, Li Yih ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF CELLULAR AND ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ammonium; H+ adenosine 5 triphosphatase; Ion selective electrode; Ionocytes; Knockdown; Rhesus glycoprotein

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BAFILOMYCIN A1; PROTON PUMP;

ACID SECRETION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ION SELECTIVE ELECTRODE; KERATINOCYTE; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SECRETION; TELEOST; ZEBRA FISH;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; H(+)-K(+)-EXCHANGING ATPASE; ION-SELECTIVE ELECTRODES; LARVA; PROTON PUMPS; SKIN; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 57349200569     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: 15221563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00255.2008     Document Type: Article

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