Maintenance and accumulation of trimethylamine oxide by winter skate (Leucoraja ocellata): Reliance on low whole animal losses rather than synthesis

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 291, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Treberg, Jason R ^a,b   Driedzic, William R ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elasmobranch; Excretion; Flavin containing monooxygenase; Trimethylamine oxide synthesis

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYLANILINE MONOOXYGENASE; TRIMETHYLAMINE OXIDE; UREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASMOBRANCHII; ELECTRIC FISH; FOOD DEPRIVATION; LEUCORAJA OCELLATA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; METHYLAMINES; SKATES (FISH); WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 33845395235     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00150.2006     Document Type: Article

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