Exploring the origin of egg protein in an oviparous water snake (Natrix maura)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 165-172

  Santos, Xavier ^a   Arenas, Conchita ^a   Llorente, Gustavo A ^a   Ruiz, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Egg protein; Natrix maura; Protein catabolism; Reproductive plasticity; Vitellogenesis

Indexed keywords

EGG PROTEIN; LIPID; LIVER PROTEIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIGESTION; FEMALE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LIPOPROTEIN SYNTHESIS; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVIPARITY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SNAKE; VITELLOGENESIS;

NATRIX MAURA; NERODIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 33947540908     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.12.028     Document Type: Article

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