Cell Function
Osmoregulation
The response of cells in sensing a difference in OSMOTIC PRESSURE between the inside and outside of the cell. This response includes signaling from osmotic sensors to activate transcription factors, which in turn regulate the expression of osmocompensatory genes, all functioning to maintain CELL...
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Osmoregulation, in biology, maintenance by an organism of an internal balance between water and dissolved materials regardless of environmental conditions. In many marine organisms osmosis (the...
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osmoregulation, in biology, maintenance by an organism of an internal balance between water and dissolved materials regardless of environmental conditions.
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Jul 3, 2018 ... Osmoregulatory organs in teleost fishes including the gills, kidney and digestive tract are involved in maintenance of body fluid balance ( ...
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Aug 1, 2018 ... Aberrant ion transporter expression disrupts osmoregulation in many cancers. Here, the authors introduce an executable model of osmotic ...
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Aug 21, 2019 ... We further discuss evolutionary consequences of barnacle osmoregulation including invasion-success in new habitats and life-history evolution.
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Aug 1, 2015 ... Abstract. Drought and salinity stress are the major causes of historic and modern agricultural productivity losses throughout the world.
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Feb 9, 2017 ... Salinity is the primary driver of osmoregulatory evolution in decapods, and may have influenced their diversification into different osmotic ...
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Osmoregulation refers to the physiological processes that maintain a fixed concentration of cell membrane-impermeable molecules and ions in the fluid that ...
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Aug 1, 2015 ... The osmoregulatory actions of growth hormone and prolactin are antagonistic. In some species, thyroid hormones support the action of growth ...
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Jan 12, 2017 ... Halophilic bacteria use a variety of osmoregulatory methods, such as the accumulation of one or more compatible solutes.
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Aug 1, 2015 ... The “salt water crocodile” (C. porosus) possesses a suite of osmoregulatory adaptations similar to those found in other estuarine reptiles.