Mitochondria Rich-Cells Localization and Effect of Salinity on their Distribution in Kidney Tubules of Persian Sturgeon Acipenser persicus

Objective: The urinary system of euryhaline fish, as well as the gills, is involved inion regulation through the production of dilute urine in freshwater and isotonic urinein seawater. The low osmolality of the urine originates from an active reabsorptionof ions by Ionocytes or mitochondria rich-cel...

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Main Authors: S. Mosafer Khorjestan, S. Khodabandeh, Z. Khoshnood
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Royan Institute (ACECR), Tehran 2009-01-01
Series:Cell Journal
Subjects:
Na+
Online Access:http://celljournal.org/library/upload/article/Article%207.pdf