Euryhaline pufferfish NBCe1 differs from nonmarine species NBCe1 physiology
Marine fish drink seawater and eliminate excess salt by active salt transport across gill and gut epithelia. Euryhaline pufferfish (Takifugu obscurus, mefugu) forms a CaCO(3) precipitate on the luminal gut surface after transitioning to seawater. NBCe1 (Slc4a4) at the basolateral membrane of intesti...
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Published in | American Journal of Physiology: Cell Physiology Vol. 302; no. 8; pp. C1083 - C1095 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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United States
American Physiological Society
15.04.2012
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