Ammonia and urea excretion in the Pacific hagfish Eptatretus stoutii: Evidence for the involvement of Rh and UT proteins

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 405-415

  Braun, Marvin H ^a,b   Perry, Steve F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b BAMFIELD MARINE SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Fish; Gill; Nitrogen excretion; Rh protein; Urea

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; CARRIER PROTEIN; FISH PROTEIN; PHLORETIN; PROTEIN RHAG; PROTEIN RHBG; PROTEIN RHCG1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; UREA TRANSPORTER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; EPTATRETUS STOUTII; GILL; HAGFISH; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; NITROGEN URINE LEVEL; NONHUMAN;

EPTATRETUS STOUTII; HAGFISH;

EID: 77957283058     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.08.020     Document Type: Article

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