Summary: Selective permeability barrier to urea in shark rectal gland
Joshua D. Zeidel,*1,2
John C. Mathai,*1,2
John D. Campbell,2
Wily G. Ruiz,1
Gerard L. Apodaca,1
John Riordan,2,3
and Mark L. Zeidel 1,2
1
Laboratory of Epithelial Cell Biology, Renal-Electrolyte Division and Department of Medicine,
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; 2
Mount Desert Island
Biological Laboratories, Bar Harbor, Maine; and 3
Mayo Clinic Foundation, Scottsdale, Arizona
Submitted 16 December 2004; accepted in final form 22 January 2005
Zeidel, Joshua D., John C. Mathai, John D. Campbell, Wily G.
Ruiz, Gerard L. Apodaca, John Riordan, and Mark L. Zeidel.
Selective permeability barrier to urea in shark rectal gland. Am J
Physiol Renal Physiol 289: F83­F89, 2005. First published February
22, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajprenal.00456.2004.--Elasmobranchs such as

Source: Apodaca, Gerard - Departments of Medicine & Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Pittsburgh

Collections: Biology and Medicine