The dogfish shark (Squalus acanthias) increases both hepatic and extrahepatic ornithine urea cycle enzyme activities for nitrogen conservation after feeding

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 602-613

  Kajimura, Makiko ^a,d   Walsh, Patrick J ^b,d   Mommsen, Thomas P ^c,d   Wood, Chris M ^a,b,d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d BAMFIELD MARINE SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMMONIA; ARGINASE; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE (N ACETYLGLUTAMATE); CARBAMOYL-PHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE (N-ACETYLGLUTAMATE); CHLORIDE; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; LIGASE; METHYLAMINE; NITROGEN; ORNITHINE; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; TRIMETHYLOXAMINE; UREA;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDING; NITROGEN; SHARK; UREA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; EATING; ENZYMOLOGY; LIVER; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SQUALUS;

ALANINE; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; ARGINASE; CARBON-NITROGEN LIGASES; CHLORIDES; EATING; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; LIVER; METHYLAMINES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NITROGEN; ORNITHINE; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS; UREA;

CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; SQUALIDAE; SQUALUS; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS;

EID: 33744920121     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501060     Document Type: Article

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