Increases in tissue amino acid levels in response to ammonia stress in the terrestrial isopod Porcellio scaber latr.

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 274, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 265-274

  Wright, Jonathan C ^c   Caveney, Stan ^b   O'Donnell, Michael J ^a   Reichert, Johanna ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c NORTHERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ISOPODA; ONISCIDEA; PORCELLIO SCABER;

EID: 0012761328     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19960401)274:5<265::AID-JEZ1>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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