Paracellular nutrient absorption is higher in bats than rodents: Integrating from intact animals to the molecular level

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 3483-3492

  Price, Edwin R ^a   Rott, Katherine H ^a   Caviedes Vidal, Enrique ^b,c   Karasov, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Arabinose; Claudin; Comparative transcriptomics; Paracellular absorption; Perfusion

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE; CREATININE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; BAT; FLYING; INTESTINE; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; INTESTINE CELL; METABOLISM; MURIDAE; PERFUSION; PEROMYSCUS; PHYSIOLOGY; TIGHT JUNCTION; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ARABINOSE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHIROPTERA; CREATININE; ENTEROCYTES; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; INTESTINES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MURIDAE; PERFUSION; PEROMYSCUS; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 84920939991     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.105619     Document Type: Article

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