Molecular Characterization of Branchial aquaporin 1aa and Effects of Seawater Acclimation, Emersion or Ammonia Exposure on Its mRNA Expression in the Gills, Gut, Kidney and Skin of the Freshwater Climbing Perch, Anabas testudineus

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Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Ip, Yuen K ^a   Soh, Melody M L ^a   Chen, Xiu L ^a   Ong, Jasmine L Y ^a   Chng, You R ^a   Ching, Biyun ^a   Wong, Wai P ^a   Lam, Siew H ^a   Chew, Shit F ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMMONIA FORMATION; AMMONIUM EXCRETION; AMMONIUM UPTAKE; ANABAS TESTUDINEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUAPORIN 1AA GENE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXCRETION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GILL; HUMAN; INTESTINE; KIDNEY; LOCOMOTION; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOREGULATION; PERCH; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; RAT; SEAWATER ACCLIMATIZATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SKIN; WATER LOSS;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AQUAPORIN 1; FRESH WATER; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GILLS; KIDNEY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PERCHES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SKIN;

ANABANTIDAE; ANABAS TESTUDINEUS;

EID: 84876016107     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061163     Document Type: Article

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