High Brain Ammonia Tolerance and Down-Regulation of Na+:K+:2Cl- Cotransporter 1b mRNA and Protein Expression in the Brain of the Swamp Eel, Monopterus albus, Exposed to Environmental Ammonia or Terrestrial Conditions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Ip, Yuen K ^a   Hou, Zhisheng ^a   Chen, Xiu L ^a   Ong, Jasmine L Y ^a   Chng, You R ^a   Ching, Biyun ^a   Hiong, Kum C ^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; SODIUM POTASSIUM CHLORIDE COTRANSPORTER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMMONIA TOLERANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG TOLERANCE; EEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOTIC STRESS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SWAMP;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, MESSENGER; SMEGMAMORPHA; SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 12, MEMBER 2;

EID: 84884395833     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069512     Document Type: Article

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