Cortisol-sensitive urea transport across the gill basolateral membrane of the gulf toadfish (Opsanus beta)

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 297, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Rodela, Tamara M ^a   Gilmour, Kathleen M ^a   Walsh, Patrick J ^a   McDonald, M Danielle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Basolateral plasma membrane; Facilitated diffusion; Membrane vesicles; Phloretin; Urea permeability

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; N ETHYLMALEIMIDE; OUABAIN; PROTON; SODIUM ION; UREA;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; FISH; GILL; HORMONAL REGULATION; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; OPSANUS BETA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPORT KINETICS; UREA CYCLE;

4-CHLOROMERCURIBENZENESULFONATE; ACETAMIDES; ANIMALS; BATRACHOIDIFORMES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; CROWDING; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GILLS; HYDROCORTISONE; KINETICS; METHYLUREA COMPOUNDS; PHLORETIN; SODIUM-POTASSIUM-EXCHANGING ATPASE; TEMPERATURE; THIOUREA; UREA;

EID: 68049091099     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.90894.2008     Document Type: Article

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