Ammonia and urea transporters in gills of fish and aquatic crustaceans

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1716-1730

  Weihrauch, Dirk ^a   Wilkie, Michael P ^b   Walsh, Patrick J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammonia transport; Crustaceans; Fish; Gills; Rh proteins; Urea transport; UT

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARRIER PROTEIN; UREA TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL; CRUSTACEA; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; FISH; GILL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CRUSTACEA; FISHES; GILLS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

CRUSTACEA; PISCES;

EID: 66449120252     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.024851     Document Type: Review

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