β-adrenergic, hormonal, and nervous influences on cryoprotectant synthesis by liver of the freeze-tolerant wood frog Rana sylvatica

Cryobiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 186-195

  Storey, Janet M ^a   Storey, Kenneth B ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; RANA SYLVATICA;

EID: 0000163593     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cryo.1996.0019     Document Type: Article

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