Use of the Ussing chamber technique to study nutrient transport by epithelial tissues

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1266-1274

  He, Liuqin ^a   Yin, Yulong ^a,b   Li, Tiejun ^a   Huang, Rulin ^a   Xie, Mingyong ^b   Wu, Zhenlong ^c   Wu, Guoyao ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intestinal; Nutrient transport; Pigs; Reivew; Review; Ussing chamber

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880555654     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/4178     Document Type: Article

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