Uptake of L- and D-alanine by a brackish
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Matsushima, Osamu ;Yamada, Ayumu
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Article
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1992
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract The uptake of Lโ and Dโalanine by intact animals or isolated gills of a brackishโwater bivalve, __Corbicula japonica__, was investigated in relation to their transport pathways and the possible physiological roles. The animals took up Lโalanine at concentrations as low as 10 ฮผM. Both th