β-glucocerebrosidase activity in the stratum corneum of house sparrows following acclimation to high and low humidity

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-105

  Cox, Robert M ^a,b   Muñoz Garcia, Agustí ^a   Jurkowitz, Marianne S ^a   Williams, Joseph B ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMIDITY; LIPID; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SKIN;

AVES; MAMMALIA; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

GLUCOSYLCERAMIDASE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMIDITY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN; SPARROW;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDASE; HUMIDITY; SKIN; SPARROWS;

EID: 38749141831     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/522652     Document Type: Article

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