Effects of peritoneal injection of NH4HCO3 on nitrogen excretion and metabolism in the swamp eel Monopterus albus - Increased ammonia excretion with an induction of glutamine synthetase activity

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 301, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 324-333

  Lim, Chiat Koo ^a   Chew, Shit Fun ^b   Tay, Angeline Su Ling ^a   Ip, Yuen Kwong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLIFORMES; MONOPTERUS ALBUS;

EID: 1942456543     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.20041     Document Type: Article

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