Metabolic indicators in the skeletal muscles of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina)

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 290, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Polasek, L K ^a,c   Dickson, K A ^b   Davis, R W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALASKA SEALIFE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

hydroxyacyl coenzyme A dehydrogenase; Biochemistry; Citrate synthase; Lactate dehydrogenase; Myoglobin

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; CITRATE SYNTHASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MYOGLOBIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE; LOCOMOTION; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NONHUMAN; PHOCA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SWIMMING;

3-HYDROXYACYL COA DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; DOGS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASES; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOGLOBIN; PHOCA; RATS;

EID: 33744800525     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00080.2005     Document Type: Article

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