Phenotypic flexibility in the intestinal enzymes of the African clawed frog Xenopus laevis

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 135-139

  Sabat, Pablo ^a,b   Riveros, Jose Miguel ^a   López Pinto, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Aminopeptidase N; Digestive enzymes; Maltase; Phenotypic plasticity; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; INTESTINE ENZYME; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DIGESTION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; HYPOTHESIS; INTESTINE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTAKE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS (GENUS); XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 12344297540     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2004.11.010     Document Type: Article

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