The snakehead Channa asiatica accumulates alanine during aerial exposure, but is incapable of sustaining locomotory activities on land through partial amino acid catabolism

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 693-704

  Chew, Shit F ^a   Wong, Mei Y ^a   Tam, Wai L ^b   Ip, Yuen K ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aerial exposure; Alanine; Amino acid; Ammonia; Channa asiatica; Glutamate dehydrogenase; Proteolysis; Snakehead

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; MUSCLE PROTEIN; UREA;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AIR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; URINE;

AEROBIOSIS; AIR; ALANINE; AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE PROTEINS; PERCIFORMES; UREA;

ANIMALIA; CHANNA; CHANNA ASIATICA; CHELONE GLABRA; PERCIFORMES; PERIOPHTHALMUS; PERIOPHTHALMUS BARBARUS; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037329893     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00140     Document Type: Article

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