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Regulation of the ASC system and Na+/K + pump activities in brown trout (Salmo trutta) hepatocytes

Gallardo, Pesquero, Esteve

    The Journal of Experimental Biology
    |January 1, 1996
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    Na+/K+ pump regulationglucagon effects in fishseasonal physiological changesamino acid transport in trout

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