Serum proteins in the leopard seal, Hydrurga leptonyx, in Prydz Bay, Eastern Antarctica and the coast of NSW, Australia

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-78

  Gray, Rachael ^a,b   Canfield, Paul ^a   Rogers, Tracey ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Zoological Parks Board of NSW   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute phase response; Albumin; Antarctica; Globulin; Hydrurga leptonyx; Leopard seal; Protein analysis; Serum protein electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA 1A GLOBULIN; ALPHA 1B GLOBULIN; ALPHA 2 GLOBULIN; ALPHA 2A GLOBULIN; ALPHA 2B GLOBULIN; ALPHA GLOBULIN; BETA GLOBULIN; FIBRINOGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PLASMA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FELIDAE; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEAL; SEASHORE; SEASON; STRESS;

HYDRURGA LEPTONYX; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 23444460697     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2005.05.016     Document Type: Article

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