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Ion Transport Processes Of Crustacean Epithelial Cells, Gregory A. Ahearn, Jeff Duerr, Zhenpeng Zhuang, Richard J. Brown, Amy Aslamkhan, Deirdre A. Killebrew
Ion Transport Processes Of Crustacean Epithelial Cells, Gregory A. Ahearn, Jeff Duerr, Zhenpeng Zhuang, Richard J. Brown, Amy Aslamkhan, Deirdre A. Killebrew
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Epithelial cells of the gut, antennal glands, integument, and gills of crustaceans regulate the movements of ions into and across these structures and thereby influence the concentrations of ions in the hemolymph. Specific transport proteins serving cations and anions are found on apical and basolateral cell membranes of epithelia in these tissues. In recent years, a considerable research effort has been directed at elucidating their physiological and molecular properties and relating these characteristics to the overall biology of the organisms. Efforts to describe ion transport in crustaceans have focused on the membrane transfer properties of Na1/H1 exchange, calcium uptake as …