2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Identification of transporters involved in bittern excretion in marine teleost fish
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21770077
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Animal physiology/Animal behavior
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
KATO Akira Tokyo Institute of Technology, 大学院・生命理工学研究科, 助教 (40311336)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2010
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| Keywords | 生理学 / 遺伝子 / 海水適応 / フグゲノム / イオントランスポーター / 尿細管 |
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| Research Abstract |
In marine teleost fish, dehydration is avoided through continuous drinking of seawater (SW) and subsequent elimination of excess, acquired ions from the gill (Na^+, Cl^-), intestine (Ca^<2+>, Mg^<2+>), and kidney (Mg^<2+>, SO_4^<2->, borate, Ca^<2+>). By the expression and functional analyses of ion transporters in the fugu kidney using fugu genome database, we identified ion transporters involved in renal excretion of SO_4^<2->, borate, and Ca^<2+>.
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Research Products
(13 results)
