The acute phase response in the Sudan plated lizard, Gerrhosaurus major

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 339-344

  Muchlinski, Alan E ^a   Estany, Angela ^a   Salguero, Hugo S ^a   Tan, Gregory J ^a   Dea, Phoebe ^b   Fisher, Dixie L ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Fever; Lizards; Plasma iron; Plasma zinc; Reptiles

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BASAL BODY TEMPERATURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEVER; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; SALMONELLA; THERMOREGULATION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

GERRHOSAURUS MAJOR;

EID: 0032073650     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(98)10034-X     Document Type: Article

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