Uric acid accumulation within intracellular crystalloid corpuscles of the midgut gland in Pomacea canaliculata (Caenogastropoda, Ampullariidae)

Veliger

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 276-283

  Vega, Israel A ^a   Giraud Billoud, Maximiliano ^a   Koch, Eduardo ^a   Gamarra Luques, Carlos ^a   Castro Vazquez, Alfredo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

^b Physiology   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Estivation; Nitrogen metabolism; Oxygen free radicals; Pigmented corpuscles; Seasonal dormancy

Indexed keywords

AMPULLARIIDAE; CAENOGASTROPODA; POMACEA CANALICULATA;

EID: 33846975138     PISSN: 00423211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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