The crab-eating frog, Rana cancrivora, up-regulates hepatic carbamoyl phosphate synthetase I activity and tissue osmolyte levels in response to increased salinity

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 301, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 559-568

  Wright, Patricia ^a   Anderson, Paul ^b   Weng, Lei ^c   Frick, Natasha ^a   Wei, Peng Wong ^c   Yuen, Kwong Ip ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FEJERVARYA CANCRIVORUS; RANA CANCRIVORA;

AMINO ACID; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; FRESH WATER; SEA WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TAURINE; UREA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYMOLOGY; FROG; LIVER; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

AMINO ACIDS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBAMOYL-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE (AMMONIA); ENZYME INDUCTION; FRESH WATER; LIVER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANIDAE; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TAURINE; UREA; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 3442880157     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.54     Document Type: Article

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