Concentrations of myoglobin and myoglobin mRNA in heart ventricles from Antarctic fishes

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1277-1286

  Moylan, Thomas J ^a   Sidell, Bruce D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic fish; Cardiac muscle; Channichthyidae; Heart; mRNA; Myoglobin; Nototheniidae

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MYOGLOBIN;

ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLD; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; COLD; FISHES; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART VENTRICLES; MYOCARDIUM; MYOGLOBIN; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; CHAENOCEPHALUS ACERATUS; CHAENODRACO WILSONI; CHAMPSOCEPHALUS GUNNARI; CHANNICHTHYIDAE; CHIONOBATHYSCUS DEWITTI; CHIONODRACO HAMATUS; CHIONODRACO MYERSI; CHIONODRACO RASTROSPINOSUS; CHIONODRACO WILSONI; CRYODRACO ANTARCTICUS; DACODRACO HUNTERI; NEOPAGETOPSIS IONAH; NOTOTHENIIDAE; PAGETOPSIS MACROPTERUS; PAGETOPSIS MACULATUS; PISCES; PSEUDOCHAENICHTHYS GEORGIANUS; SALANGINI;

EID: 0034065634     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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