Branchial ammonia excretion in the Asian weatherloach Misgurnus anguillicaudatus

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-50

  Moreira Silva, J ^a,b   Tsui, T K N ^c   Coimbra, J ^a,b   Vijayan, M M ^d   Ip, Y K ^e   Wilson, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Boundary layer acidification; Membrane fluidity; Rhcg; Slc42a3; Weatherloach

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); AMILORIDE; AMMONIA; BAFILOMYCIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RHESUS C GLYCOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDIFICATION; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VACUOLE; CHEMICAL STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPITHELIUM; EXCRETION; FRESHWATER FISH; GILL; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LC 50; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MISGURNUS ANGUILLICAUDATUS; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE LEVEL;

COBITIDAE; MISGURNUS ANGUILLICAUDATUS;

EID: 71649111662     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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