Zebrafish as an animal model to study ion homeostasis

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 465, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1233-1247

  Hwang, Pung Pung ^a   Chou, Ming Yi ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CELLULAR AND ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acid base regulation; Differentiation; Hormone; Ion uptake; Transepithelial transport; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); CALCITONIN; CALCIUM ION; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOCALCIN; ISOTOCIN; POTASSIUM ION; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE COTRANSPORTER; STANNIOCALCIN 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXI3A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN D;

CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIDERMIS CELL; GILL; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE ACTION; ION TRANSPORT; IONIC BALANCE; IONOCYTE; KIDNEY TUBULE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; ZEBRA FISH;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ANIMALS; ION CHANNELS; ION PUMPS; ION TRANSPORT; MODELS, ANIMAL; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84883176088     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-013-1269-1     Document Type: Review

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