Effect of high altitude and in vivo adenosine/β-adrenergic receptor blockade on ATP and 2,3BPG concentrations in red blood cells of avian embryos

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 2787-2795

  Dragon, Stefanie ^a   Carey, Cynthia ^b   Martin, Kathy ^c   Baumann, Rosemarie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

2,3bisphosphoglycerate; ATP; Chick embryo; Hypoxia; Lagopus leucurus; Oxygen tension; White tailed ptarmigan

Indexed keywords

LAGOPUS LEUCURUS;

EID: 0032698072     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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