Increased gene expression of a facilitated diffusion urea transporter in the skin of the African lungfish (Protopterus annectens) during massively elevated post-terrestrialization urea excretion

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1202-1211

  Hung, Carrie Y C ^a   Galvez, Fernando ^b   Ip, Yuen K ^c   Wood, Chris M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Facilitated diffusion urea transporter; Skin; Terrestrialization

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARRIER PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FISH PROTEIN; UREA; UREA TRANSPORTER;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FACILITATED DIFFUSION; FISH PROTEINS; FISHES; GENE EXPRESSION; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SKIN; UREA;

AMPHIBIA; ELASMOBRANCHII; MAMMALIA; PROTOPTERIDAE; PROTOPTERUS ANNECTENS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 63849160104     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.025239     Document Type: Article

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