Developmental regulation of the urea-cycle enzyme arginase in the direct developing frog Eleutherodactylus coqui

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 275, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-66

  Callery, Elizabeth M ^a   Elinson, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGINASE; LIOTHYRONINE; UREA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; FROGS AND TOADS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANURA; ARGINASE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; UREA;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS COQUI;

EID: 0030151975     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19960501)275:1<61::AID-JEZ9>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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