Marine, freshwater and aerially acclimated mangrove rivulus (Kryptolebias marmoratus) use different strategies for cutaneous ammonia excretion

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 304, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Cooper, Christopher A ^a   Wilson, Jonathan M ^b   Wright, Patricia A ^c  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

H+ atpase; Immunofluorescence microscopy; Na+ h+ exchangers; NH3; NH4+; Rhesus glycoproteins; Ussing chamber

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; AMILORIDE; AMMONIA; BAFILOMYCIN; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FRESH WATER; PHENAMIL; SODIUM PROTON EXCHANGE PROTEIN 3; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); SEA WATER; SODIUM PROTON EXCHANGE PROTEIN; SODIUM-HYDROGEN EXCHANGER 3;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; EXCRETION; FISH; GILL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; KIDNEY; KRYPTOLEBIAS MARMORATUS; MANGROVE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; VOLATILIZATION; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; EPITHELIUM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEROSA; SKIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALGORITHMS; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPITHELIUM; FRESH WATER; GILLS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KIDNEY; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SEAWATER; SEROUS MEMBRANE; SKIN; SODIUM-HYDROGEN ANTIPORTER; SODIUM-POTASSIUM-EXCHANGING ATPASE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878441969     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00228.2012     Document Type: Article

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