Activity, abundance, distribution and expression of Na+K +-ATPase in the salt glands of crocodylus porosus following chronic saltwater acclimation

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1301-1308

  Cramp, Rebecca L ^a   Hudson, Nicholas J ^b   Franklin, Craig E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Lingual salt gland; Osmoregulation; Reptile

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); CHLORIDE; FRESH WATER; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SEA WATER; SODIUM;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SALT GLAND;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; CHLORIDES; FRESH WATER; GENE EXPRESSION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SALT GLAND; SEAWATER; SODIUM; SODIUM-POTASSIUM-EXCHANGING ATPASE;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMALIA; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS POROSUS; REPTILIA;

EID: 77951492267     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.039305     Document Type: Article

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