Calcium transport in strongly calcifying laying birds: Mechanisms and regulation

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 447-469

  Bar, Arie ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

ATPase; Calbindin; Calcium; Carbonic anhydrase; Eggshell gland; Epithelial calcium channels; Gonadal hormones; Intestine; Paracellular; Pump; Transcellular; Transport; Uterus; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

AVES; COTURNIX JAPONICA; GALLUS GALLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 60449095563     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.11.020     Document Type: Review

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