Characterization of aspartate transcarbamylase activity from gonads of the soft shell clam, Mya arenaria

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 615-629

  Etchian, Olivier Assoi ^a   Pellerin, Jocelyne ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aspartate transcarbamylase; Biomarker; Clams; Enzymatic activity; Gametogenesis; Gonads; Mya arenaria; Pyrimidine bases; Sexual maturation; St. Lawrence estuary

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALCOHOL; ASPARTATE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; COPPER SULFATE; CYSTEINE; CYTIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CLAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GAMETOGENESIS; GONAD; HEAT; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPRODUCTION;

BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; MYA ARENARIA;

EID: 0037382186     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-4959(03)00021-6     Document Type: Article

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