Seasonal acclimatisation of muscle metabolic enzymes in a reptile (Alligator mississippiensis)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1193-1200

  Seebacher, Frank ^a   Guderley, Helga ^b   Elsey, Ruth M ^c   Trosclair III, Phillip L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Acclimatisation; Alligator mississippiensis; Body temperature; Citrate synthase; Cytochrome c oxidase; Enzyme activity; Lactate dehydrogenase; Reptile; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; THERMOREGULATION; UNITED STATES;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FEMALE; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LOUISIANA; MALE; MUSCLES; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE; ANIMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 0037386379     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00223     Document Type: Article

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