High aerobic capacities in the skeletal muscles of pinnipeds: Adaptations to diving hypoxia

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1247-1256

  Kanatous, Shane B ^a,d   DiMichele, Leonard V ^b   Cowan, Daniel F ^c   Davis, Randall W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Citrate synthase; Mitochondria; Myoglobin; hydroxyacyl coenzyme A dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; CITRATE SYNTHASE; MYOGLOBIN;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIVING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYPOXIA; LIPID METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL;

EID: 0032959881     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1999.86.4.1247     Document Type: Article

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