The ontogeny of contractile performance and metabolic capacity in a high-frequency muscle

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 20-30

  Moon, Brad R ^a   Tullis, Alexa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

METABOLISM; MUSCLE; ONTOGENY;

ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SNAKE; TAIL;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; CROTALUS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TAIL;

CROTALUS; CROTALUS ATROX;

EID: 30944462562     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/498195     Document Type: Conference Paper

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