Ammonia uptake in Manduca sexta midgut is mediated by an amiloride sensitive cation/proton exchanger: Transport studies and mRNA expression analysis of NHE7, 9, NHE8, and V-ATPase (subunit D)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 364-376

  Blaesse, Anne Kathrin ^a   Broehan, Gunnar ^b   Meyer, Heiko ^b   Merzendorfer, Hans ^b   Weihrauch, Dirk ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

9; Amiloride; Ammonia transport; Manduca sexta; NHE7; NHE8; Ussing chamber; V ATPase

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; AMILORIDE; AMMONIA; CARRIER PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN NHE7; PROTEIN NHE8; PROTEIN NHE9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; V ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATION EXCHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GOBLET CELL; MANDUCA SEXTA; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POTASSIUM EXCRETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTON TRANSPORT; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENT;

MANDUCA SEXTA;

EID: 77957268558     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.08.004     Document Type: Article

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