Nitric oxide synthase type I (nNOS), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and myoglobin-like expression in skeletal muscle of Antarctic icefishes (Notothenioidei: Channichthyidae)

Polar Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 458-462

  Morlá, Montse ^a   Agustí, Alvar G N ^b   Rahman, Irfan ^c   Motterlini, Roberto ^d   Saus, Carles ^b   Morales Nin, Beatriz ^a   Company, Joan Baptista ^e   Busquets, Xavier ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTHWICK PARK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME; FISH;

CHANNICHTHYIDAE; MAMMALIA; NOTOTHENIOIDEI; SALANGINI;

EID: 0038642845     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-003-0504-1     Document Type: Article

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