Down-regulation of activity and expression of three transport-related proteins in the gills of the euryhaline green crab, Carcinus maenas, in response to high salinity acclimation

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 189-193

  Jillette, Nathaniel ^a,b   Cammack, Lauren ^b,d   Lowenstein, Margaret ^c,d   Henry, Raymond P ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^d MOUNT DESERT ISLAND BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonic anhydrase; Crustaceans; Osmoregulation; Salinity

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CRAB; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GILL; HEMOLYMPH; NONHUMAN; OSMOLALITY; OSMOREGULATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; SALINITY;

CARCINUS MAENAS; CRUSTACEA;

EID: 78650520763     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.10.024     Document Type: Article

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