Phosphodiester amine, taurine and derivatives, and other osmolytes in Vesicomyid bivalves: Correlations with depth and symbiont metabolism

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 43, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 337-340

  Fiess, Jeanette C ^a   Hudson, Hilary A ^a   Hom, Jennifer R ^a   Kato, Chiaki ^b   Yancey, Paul H ^a  

^a WHITMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MOLLUSC;

BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0036917281     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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