Metabolic enzyme activities across an altitudinal gradient: An examination of pikas (genus Ochotona)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1241-1249

  Sheafor, Brandon A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOUNT UNION   (United States)

Author keywords

hydroxyacyl CoA dehydrogenase; Citrate synthase; Hypobaric hypoxia; Lactate dehydrogenase isozymes; Lactate removal; Ochotona; Pika

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; CITRATE SYNTHASE; ISOENZYME; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; LAGOMORPH; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

3-HYDROXYACYL COA DEHYDROGENASES; ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; ISOENZYMES; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LAGOMORPHA; MUSCLES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

ANIMALIA; LAGOMORPHA; MAMMALIA; OCHOTONA; OCHOTONA PRINCEPS; OCHOTONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037387982     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00226     Document Type: Article

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