Comparative molecular analyses of select pH- and osmoregulatory genes in three freshwater crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus, C. destructor and C. cainii.

ABSTRACT: Systemic acid-base balance and osmotic/ionic regulation in decapod crustaceans are in part maintained by a set of transport-related enzymes such as carbonic anhydrase (CA), Na⁺/K⁺-ATPase (NKA), H⁺-ATPase (HAT), Na⁺/K⁺/2Cl^- cotransporter (NKCC), Na⁺/Cl^-/HCO[Formula: see text] cotransporter (NBC), Na⁺/H⁺ exchanger (NHE), Arginine kinase (AK), Sarcoplasmic Ca⁺²-ATPase (SERCA) and Calreticulin (CRT). We carried out a comparative molecular analysis of these genes in three commercially important yet eco-physiologically distinct freshwater crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus, C. destructor and C. cainii, with the aim to identify mutations in these genes and determine

SUBMITTER: Ali MY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5572425 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature