Comparative NMR studies of diffusional water permeability of red blood cells from different species. XV. Agile wallaby (Macropus agilis), red-necked wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus) and Goodfellow's tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus goodfellowi)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-109

  Benga, Gheorghe ^a   Chapman, Bogdan E ^b   Kuchel, Philip W ^b  

^a University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iuliu Ha ieganu Cluj Napoca   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquaporins; Marsupial; Nuclear magnetic resonance; p Chloromercuribenzene sulfonate; p Chloromercuribenzoate; Red blood cell; Water channel protein; Water transport

Indexed keywords

4 CHLOROMERCURIBENZOIC ACID; MANGANESE; MERCURY; THIOL DERIVATIVE; WATER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; ENERGY; ERYTHROCYTE; INHIBITION KINETICS; KANGAROO; MEASUREMENT; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TEMPERATURE; WATER PERMEABILITY;

DENDROLAGUS; DENDROLAGUS GOODFELLOWI; MACROPUS AGILIS; MACROPUS RUFOGRISEUS; METATHERIA;

EID: 67649794791     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.05.008     Document Type: Article

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