Methyl mercury inhibits short-circuit current and Cl- influx across isolated epipodite of European lobster (Homarus gammarus)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 476-480

  Lucu, Čedomil ^a   Dupčić Radić, Iris ^a   Tomšić, Sanja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUBROVNIK   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Chloride fluxes; Epipodite; Lobster; Methyl mercury; Short circuit current

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; DITHIOTHREITOL; METHYLMERCURY; OUABAIN; SODIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; CHLORIDE CURRENT; CHLORIDE TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; IC 50; LOBSTER; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM TRANSPORT;

HOMARUS GAMMARUS; STROPHANTHUS GRATUS;

EID: 63449084516     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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