Branchial Na+:K+:2Cl- cotransporter 1 and Na+/K+-ATPase α-subunit in a brackish water-type ionocyte of the euryhaline freshwater white-rimmed stingray, Himantura signifer

Branchial Na+:K+:2Cl- cotransporter 1 and Na+/K+-ATPase α-subunit in a brackish water-type ionocyte of the euryhaline freshwater white-rimmed stingray, Himantura signifer

Himantura signifer is a freshwater stingray which inhabits rivers in Southeast Asia. It can survive in brackish water but not seawater. In brackish water, it becomes partially ureosmotic, but how it maintains its plasma hypoionic to the external medium is enigmatic because of the lack of a rectal gl...

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Main Authors: Yuen K Ip, Kum C Hiong, Samuel Z. H. Wong, Biyun eChing, Xiu L. Chen, Melody M. L. Soh, You R. Chng, Jasmine L. Y. Ong, Jonathan M Wilson, Shit F Chew
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
Subjects:
Urea
osmoregulation
rectal gland
elasmobranchs
salinity adaptation
ureosmotic
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2013.00362/full

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