Carbamyl phosphate synthetases in an air-breathing teleost, Heteropneustes fossilis

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-63

  Saha, Nirmalendu ^a   Dkhar, Jacqueline ^a   Anderson, Paul M ^b   Ratha, Braja K ^c  

^a NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

air breathing teleost; ammonia dependent; ammoniogenesis; carbamyl phosphate synthetase; glutamine dependent; Heteropneustes fossilis; physiological adaptation; urea cycle; ureogenesis

Indexed keywords

CARBAMATE KINASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTION; FISH; LIVER; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEOST; UREA CYCLE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; HETEROPNEUSTES FOSSILIS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0030933463     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(96)00193-9     Document Type: Article

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