Volume regulation during dehydration of desert beetles

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 805-811

  Zachariassen, Karl Erik ^a,b   Pedersen, Sindre Andre ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Carabidae; Dehydration; Desert beetles; Proteins; Sodium; Tenebrionidae; Volume regulation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; CELL PROTEIN;

BEETLE; BODY WATER; CELL LEVEL; CELL PROTECTION; CELL VOLUME; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEHYDRATION; DEPOLYMERIZATION; DESERT; DIETARY INTAKE; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FLUID BALANCE; HEMOLYMPH; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; ONCOTIC PRESSURE; OSMOTIC STRESS; PREDATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REHYDRATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SODIUM EXCRETION; SODIUM RESTRICTION; SOLUTE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WATER LOSS; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; DESERT CLIMATE; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; TENEBRIONIDAE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEETLES; DESERT CLIMATE; HEMOLYMPH; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 0036849684     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(02)00193-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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