D-GLUCOSE PERMEABILITY IN RIVER LAMPREY (LAMPETRA-FLUVIATILIS) AND CARP (CYPRINUS-CARPIO) ERYTHROCYTES - UTU Research Portal

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D-GLUCOSE PERMEABILITY IN RIVER LAMPREY (LAMPETRA-FLUVIATILIS) AND CARP (CYPRINUS-CARPIO) ERYTHROCYTES

Authors: TIIHONEN K, NIKINMAA M

Publisher: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD

Publication year: 1991

Journal: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A: Comparative Physiology

Journal name in source: COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-PHYSIOLOGY

Journal acronym: COMP BIOCHEM PHYS A

Volume: 100

Issue: 3

First page : 581

Last page: 584

Number of pages: 4

ISSN: 0300-9629

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0300-9629(91)90373-K

Abstract

5. These results suggest that, as for most other teleost fish so far studied, low glucose permeability is insufficient to maintain normal energy metabolism in carp erythrocytes. In contrast, in agnathans facilitated glucose transport seems to be quite effective.