Seasonal changes in angiotensin converting enzyme activity in male and female frogs (Rana esculenta)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 605-610

  Bramucci, Massimo ^a   Quassinti, Luana ^a   MacCari, Ennio ^a   Murri, Oretta ^a   Amici, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Angiotensin converting enzyme; Kidney; Liver; Ovary; Reproductive cycle; Serum; Testis

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GONAD; HYDROLYSIS; KIDNEY; LUNG; MALE; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA ESCULENTA;

EID: 1442326172     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2003.12.001     Document Type: Article

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