Respiration rate of hepatocytes varies with body mass in birds

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 2305-2311

  Else, Paul L ^a   Brand, M D ^b   Turner, N ^a   Hulbert, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allometry; Bird; Body mass; Hepatocyte; Metabolism; Proton leak; Sodium pumping

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; OLIGOMYCIN; OUABAIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIRD; BODY WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LIVER; LIVER CELL; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; ORGAN SIZE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BIRDS; BODY WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; HEPATOCYTES; LIVER; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NA(+)-K(+)-EXCHANGING ATPASE; OLIGOMYCINS; ORGAN SIZE; OUABAIN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DROMAIIDAE; FRINGILLIDAE; STROPHANTHUS GRATUS; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3142569125     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01017     Document Type: Article

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