L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA) in Anodonta cygnea: Variation with acidosis

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 463-468

  Soares da Silva, I M ^a   Almeida, M J ^a   Serrao P M ^b   Coelho, M A ^b   Machado, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acidosis; Anodonta cygnea; Biomineralization; Calcification; Fluids; L 3,4 dihydroxyphenylalanine; M antle; Mollusc; Sclerotization; Shell

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; LEVODOPA;

ACIDOSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CALCIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMOLYMPH; MINERALIZATION; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PH;

ANIMALIA; ANODONTA CYGNEA; BIVALVIA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0031690093     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(98)10046-6     Document Type: Article

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