Biosynthesis and role in osmoregulation of glycine-betaine in the Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis LMK

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 409-414

  De Vooys, C G N ^a   Geenevasen, J A J ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

1H NMR; Biosynthesis; Glycine betaine; Mytilus galloprovincialis; Osmoregulation

Indexed keywords

BASE; BETAINE; CARBON 14; CHOLINE; WATER; RADIOISOTOPE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MUSCLE; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OSMOREGULATION; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALINITY; ANIMAL; BIVALVE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

MYTILUS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

ANIMALS; BETAINE; BIVALVIA; CULTURE MEDIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RADIOISOTOPES; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 0035988676     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-4959(02)00052-0     Document Type: Article

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