Membranes as metabolic pacemakers

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 559-564

  Else, Paul L ^a   Hulbert, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body size; Development; Ectothermy; Endothermy; Lipids; Metabolism; Molecular activity; Na+ K+ ATPase; Sodium pump

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); CALCIUM ION; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SODIUM ION;

BODY SIZE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE MODEL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PACEMAKER; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SODIUM TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; MEMBRANES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NA(+)-K(+)-EXCHANGING ATPASE;

EID: 0042428764     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1681.2003.03883.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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