Ammonia excretion in the freshwater planarian Schmidtea mediterranea

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 3242-3253

  Weihrauch, Dirk ^a   Chan, Ainsely C ^a   Meyer, Heiko ^b   Döring, Carmen ^b   Sourial, Mary ^a   O'Donnel, Michael J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammonia trapping; HEA; High environmental ammonia; Rh protein; V ATPase

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; AMMONIA; FISH PROTEIN; FRESH WATER; MESSENGER RNA; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYMOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PH; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME; TURBELLARIA;

ACETAZOLAMIDE; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH PROTEINS; FRESH WATER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANARIANS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; VACUOLAR PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES;

INVERTEBRATA; PLANARIA; SCHMIDTEA MEDITERRANEA;

EID: 84865744432     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.067942     Document Type: Article

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