Morphological and ion-transporting plasticity of branchial mitochondrion-rich cells in the euryhaline spotted green pufferfish, Tetraodon nigroviridis

Zoological Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-42

  Tang, Cheng Hao ^a   Lee, Tsung Han ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator, Na+ K+ ATPase; Mitochondrion rich cells; Spotted green pufferfish; Tetraodon nigroviridis

Indexed keywords

TETRAODON FLUVIATILIS; TETRAODON NIGROVIRIDIS; TETRAODONTIDAE;

EID: 78650827536     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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