Ontogenic development of intestinal disaccharidases in the precocial rodent Octodon degus (Octodontidae)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 393-397

  Sabat, Pablo ^a   Veloso, Claudio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b CENTRO DE ECOLOGÍA APLICADA LTDA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Development; Digestion; Disaccharidases; Lactase; Octodon degus; Ontogeny; Precocial; Sucrase

Indexed keywords

DISACCHARIDASE; LACTASE; SUCRASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HYDROLYSIS; INTESTINE BRUSH BORDER; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RODENT; WEANING;

OCTODON; OCTODON DEGUS; OCTODONTIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0037305978     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(02)00296-9     Document Type: Article

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