Elevated levels of trimethylamine oxide in muscles of deep-sea gadiform teleosts: A high-pressure adaptation?

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 279, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 386-391

  Gillett, Matthew B ^a   Suko, Jolyn R ^a   Santoso, Freddy O ^a   Yancey, Paul H ^a  

^a WHITMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0030680917     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19971101)279:4<386::AID-JEZ8>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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