Increases in urea synthesis and the ornithine-urea cycle capacity in the giant African snail, Achatina fulica, during fasting or aestivation, or after the injection with ammonium chloride

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 303, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1040-1053

  Kum, Chew Hiong ^a   Ai, May Loong ^a   Shit, Fun Chew ^b   Yuen, Kwong Ip ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE (N ACETYLGLUTAMATE); CARBAMOYL-PHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE (N-ACETYLGLUTAMATE); LIGASE; UREA;

ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; HEPATOPANCREAS; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SINGAPORE; SNAIL; TIME; UPREGULATION;

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CARBON-NITROGEN LIGASES; ESTIVATION; FASTING; HEPATOPANCREAS; MUSCLES; SINGAPORE; SNAILS; TIME FACTORS; UP-REGULATION; UREA;

ACHATINA FULICA; ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 30744445429     PISSN: 15488969     EISSN: 1552499X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.238     Document Type: Article

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