Active ammonia transport and excretory nitrogen metabolism in the climbing perch, Anabas testudineus, during 4 days of emersion or 10 minutes of forced exercise on land

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 4475-4489

  Tay, Yi L ^a   Loong, Ai M ^a   Hiong, Kum C ^a   Lee, Shi J ^a   Tng, Yvonne Y M ^a   Wee, Nicklaus L J ^a   Lee, Serene M L ^a   Wong, Wai P ^a   Chew, Shit F ^b   Wilson, Jonathan M ^c   Ip, Yuen K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Anabas testudineus; Emersion; Metabolism; Nitrogen; Urea

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; NITROGEN; ORNITHINE; UREA;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYMOLOGY; LIVER; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERCH; POPULATION MIGRATION;

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIA; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; LIVER; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; ORNITHINE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERCHES; UREA;

ANABAS TESTUDINEUS; PISCES;

EID: 33845762370     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02557     Document Type: Article

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