Structural and biochemical characteristics of locomotory muscles of emperor penguins, Aptenodytes forsteri

Respiration Physiology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-80

  Ponganis, P J ^a   Costello, M L ^b   Starke, L N ^a   Mathieu Costello, O ^b   Kooyman, G L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds, penguin; Enzymes, muscle; Muscle, swimming vs. walking; Myoglobin, swimming vs. walking

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE; FAT DROPLET; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MYOGLOBIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; LEG MUSCLE; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE MITOCHONDRION; MUSCLE TYPE ACCORDING TO FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PENGUIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARTORIUS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SWIMMING; TISSUE LEVEL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WALKING;

EID: 0030789580     PISSN: 00345687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-5687(97)84031-5     Document Type: Article

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