Ammonia transport in cultured gill epithelium of freshwater rainbow trout: The importance of Rhesus glycoproteins and the presence of an apical Na +/NH4+ exchange complex

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 878-892

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

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammonia transport; Carbonic anhydrase; Cortisol; Gills; H+ ATpase; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Rhesus glycoproteins; Sodium uptake; Transepithelial potential

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARRIER PROTEIN; HYDROCORTISONE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SODIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; EPITHELIUM; GILL; METABOLISM; PERMEABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAINBOW TROUT; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; UPREGULATION;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; EPITHELIUM; GILLS; HYDROCORTISONE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PERMEABILITY; SODIUM; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; UP-REGULATION; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 63049084501     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.021899     Document Type: Article

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