Freshwater sponges have functional, sealing epithelia with high transepithelial resistance and negative transepithelial potential

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Adams, Emily D M ^a   Goss, Greg G ^a   Leys, Sally P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE ION; FRESH WATER; SODIUM ION; SODIUM;

ARTICLE; BASOPINACOCYTE; BASOPINACODERM; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ENDOPINACODERM; EPITHELIUM; EXOPINACOCYTE; ION TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; SPONGE (PORIFERA); SPONGILLA LACUSTRIS; TRANSEPITHELIAL ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE; TRANSPITHELIAL POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; IMPEDANCE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMPHIMEDON; DEMOSPONGIAE; EUMETAZOA; HAPLOSCLERIDA; METAZOA; SPONGILLIDAE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EPITHELIUM; FRESH WATER; ION TRANSPORT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PORIFERA; SODIUM;

EID: 78649747284     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015040     Document Type: Article

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