| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 590 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Osmoregulation: some principles of water and solute transport / David C. Dawson and Xuehong Liu -- Volume regulation and osmosensing in animal cells / Keith Choe and Kevin Strange -- The contractile vacuole complex and cell volume control in protozoa / Richard D. Allen, Takashi Tominaga, and Yutaka Naitoh -- Osmotic and ionic regulation in molluscs / Lewis Deaton -- Osmoregulation in annelids / Robert L. Preston -- Osmotic and ionic regulation in aquatic arthropods / Guy Charmantier, Mireille Charmantier-Daures, and David Towle -- Osmotic and ionic regulation in insects / Klaus W. Beyenbach and Peter M. Piermarini -- Osmotic and ionic regulation in fishes / David H. Evans and James B. Claiborne -- Osmotic and ion regulation in amphibians / Stanley D. Hillyard [and others] -- Osmotic and ionic regulation in reptiles / William H. Dantzler and S. Donald Bradshaw -- Osmotic and ionic regulation in birds / Eldon J. Braun -- Osmotic and ionic regulation in mammals / Rolf K.H. Kinne and Mark L. Zeidel |
| Summary |
Discussing the chemistry of ions in solution, membrane transporters, and cellular ion and volume regulation, this book organizes around various animal taxa. It includes various chapters that provide a discussion of the physiology and molecular biology of the membrane transporters |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Osmoregulation.
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Cells -- Physiology
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Ions -- Physiological transport
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Osmosis.
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Ion exchange.
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Cell physiology.
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Osmosis
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Ion Exchange
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Animals
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Cell Physiological Phenomena
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Osmoregulation
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biochemistry.
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Osmosis
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Ion exchange
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Cell physiology
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Ions -- Physiological transport
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Osmoregulation
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Evans, David H. (David Hudson), 1940-
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| ISBN |
9780849380525 |
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0849380529 |
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1281892173 |
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9781281892171 |
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