The swamp eel Monopterus albus reduces endogenous ammonia production and detoxifies ammonia to glutamine during 144 h of aerial exposure

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 2473-2486

  Tay, Angeline S L ^a   Chew, Shit F ^b   Ip, Yuen K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Ammonia; Glutamate; Glutamine; Glutamine synthetase; Monopterus albus; Swamp eel; Urea

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE; UREA;

AIR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; SMEGMAMORPHA; URINE;

AIR; AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE; SMEGMAMORPHA; UREA;

ANGUILLIFORMES; ANIMALIA; MONOPTERUS ALBUS; SMEGMAMORPHA; TELEOST FISH; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0042769213     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00464     Document Type: Article

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