Mitochondrial mechanisms of cold adaptation in cod (Gadus morhua L.) populations from different climatic zones

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 2462-2471

  Lucassen, M ^a   Koschnick, N ^a   Eckerle, L G ^a   Portner H O ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Citrate synthase; Cod; Cold acclimation; Cytochrome c oxidase; Gadus morhua; RNase protection assay

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; FISH PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC COD; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CLIMATE; COLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LIVER; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; CLIMATE; COLD; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FISH PROTEINS; GADUS MORHUA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIVER; MITOCHONDRIA; MUSCLES; NORTH SEA; OCEANS AND SEAS; RNA, MESSENGER;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 33746794905     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02268     Document Type: Article

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