Hepatic changes in the freeze-tolerant turtle Chrysemys picta marginata in response to freezing and thawing

Cell Biochemistry and Function

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 175-186

  Hemmings, Susan J ^a   Storey, Kenneth B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adrenergic receptors; Freeze tolerance; Glycogenolysis; Liver; Turtle

Indexed keywords

BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN; KIDNEY ENZYME; LIVER ENZYME;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLD TOLERANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FREEZING; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOGEN LIVER LEVEL; GLYCOGEN METABOLISM; LIVER METABOLISM; LIVER WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; THAWING; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL MEMBRANE; FREEZING; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOGEN; KIDNEY; LIVER; ORGAN SIZE; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TURTLES;

ANURA; CHRYSEMYS; CHRYSEMYS PICTA MARGINATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0033891767     PISSN: 02636484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-0844(200009)18:3<175::AID-CBF871>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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