The responses of zebrafish (Danio rerio) to high external ammonia and urea transporter inhibition: Nitrogen excretion and expression of rhesus glycoproteins and urea transporter proteins

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 3846-3856

  Braun, Marvin H ^a   Steele, Shelby L ^b   Perry, Steve F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammonia transport; Gene expression; Gills; Rh glycoproteins; Urea transporter

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ANTIGEN; CARRIER PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PHLORETIN; PLASMA PROTEIN; RHAG PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; RHBG PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; UREA; UREA TRANSPORTER; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

AGE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GILL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZEBRA FISH;

AGE FACTORS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMMONIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; BLOOD PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GILLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHLORETIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; UREA; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO; TELEOSTEI; TETRAODONTIDAE;

EID: 70449704210     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.034157     Document Type: Review

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