Interplay among energy metabolism, organ mass and digestive enzyme activity in the mouse-opossum Thylamys elegans: The role of thermal acclimation

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 2697-2703

  Nespolo, Roberto F ^a   Bacigalupe, Leonardo D ^a   Sabat, Pablo ^a   Bozinovic, Francisco ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Aminopeptidase N; Basal metabolic rate; Marsupial; Maximum metabolic rate; Organ mass; Thermal acclimation; Thylamys elegans

Indexed keywords

MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; OPOSSUM; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOREGULATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD13; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; MALE; OPOSSUMS; ORGAN SIZE;

ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIDAE; MARMOSA; METATHERIA; THYLAMYS; THYLAMYS ELEGANS;

EID: 0036735005     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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