Modulation of Rh glycoproteins, ammonia excretion and Na+ fluxes in three freshwater teleosts when exposed chronically to high environmental ammonia

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 2917-2930

  Sinha, Amit Kumar ^a,b   Liew, Hon Jung ^a,c   Nawata, C Michele ^b   Blust, Ronny ^a   Wood, Chris M ^b,d   De Boeck, Gudrun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Common carp; Goldfish; HEA; Na+ NH4+ exchange metabolon; Rainbow trout; Urea excretion

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); AMMONIA; CARRIER PROTEIN; FISH PROTEIN; FRESH WATER; GLYCOPROTEIN; HYDROCORTISONE; MESSENGER RNA; POTASSIUM; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; SODIUM; UREA; UREA TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CARP; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYMOLOGY; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GILL; GOLDFISH; HEA; METABOLISM; NA+/NH4+ EXCHANGE METABOLON; RAINBOW TROUT; UREA URINE LEVEL;

COMMON CARP; GOLDFISH; HEA; NA+/NH4+ EXCHANGE METABOLON; RAINBOW TROUT; UREA EXCRETION;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CARPS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH PROTEINS; FISHES; FRESH WATER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GILLS; GLYCOPROTEINS; GOLDFISH; HYDROCORTISONE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; POTASSIUM; PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES; RNA, MESSENGER; SODIUM; SODIUM-POTASSIUM-EXCHANGING ATPASE; UREA;

EID: 84881129561     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.084574     Document Type: Article

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