Total lactate dehydrogenase activity of tail muscle is not cold-adapted in nocturnal lizards from cool-temperate habitats

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 438-444

  Hare, K M ^a   Miller, J H ^a   Clark, A G ^a   Daugherty, C H ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cyclodina; Enzyme activity; Gecko; Hoplodactylus; LDH; Naultinus; Oligosoma; Skink

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FEMALE; LIZARD; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES HABITAT; TAIL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALIA; CYCLODINA; GEKKO; GEKKONIDAE; HOPLODACTYLUS; OLIGOSOMA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 27844578229     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

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