Occurrence of alanine racemase in crustaceans and the changes of the properties during seawater acclimation of crayfish

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 83-87

  Fugita, Eriko ^a   Okuma, Emiko ^a   Abe, Hiroki ^a  

^a KYORITSU WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

alanine racemase; crayfish; crustaceans; D alanine; D amino acid; enzyme; osmoregulation; racemase; seawater acclimation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE RACEMASE; DEXTRO ALANINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAYFISH; CRUSTACEA; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031023423     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9629(96)00120-X     Document Type: Article

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