Elevated concentrations and synthetic pathways of trimethylamine oxide and urea in some teleost fishes of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 387-398

  Raymond, J A ^a   DeVries, A L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Cold adaptation; Ornithine urea cycle; Teleost fishes; TMAase; Trimethylamine oxide; Urea; Uricolysis

Indexed keywords

DISSOSTICHUS MAWSONI; GYMNODRACO ACUTICEPS; PISCES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0001002611     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007778728627     Document Type: Article

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