Localization of water channels in the skin of two species of desert toads, anaxyrus (Bufo) punctatus and incilius (Bufo) alvarius

Zoological Science

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 664-670

  Shibata, Yuki ^a   Takeuchi, Hiro Aki ^a   Hasegawa, Takahiro ^a   Suzuki, Masakazu ^a   Tanaka, Shigeyasu ^a   Hillyard, Stanley D ^b   Nagai, Takatoshi ^c  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaxyrus punctatus; aquaporin; arginine vasotocin; dehydration tolerance; desert toads; immunohistochemistry; Incilius alvarius; ventral pelvic skin

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HISTOLOGY; OSMOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; TOAD; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BUFONIDAE; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; OSMOSIS; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO; BUFONIDAE; HYLA JAPONICA; HYLIDAE;

EID: 80054812909     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.28.664     Document Type: Article

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