Lamprey parasitism of sharks and teleosts: High capacity urea excretion in an extant vertebrate relic

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 485-492

  Wilkie, Michael P ^a,f   Turnbull, Steven ^b   Bird, Jonathan ^c   Wang, Yuxiang S ^d   Claude, Jaime F ^a   Youson, John H ^e  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c 59 Old Andover Road   (United States)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Arginase; Basking shark; Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase; Facilitated urea transport; Lamprey; Ornithine urea cycle; Osmoregulation; Trimethylamine oxide; Uricolysis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGINASE; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; ORNITHINE; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; UREA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAMINATION; ELASMOBRANCHII; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXCRETION; FEEDING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYDROLYSIS; LAMPREY; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PHYLOGENY; RAINBOW TROUT; SHARK; TELEOST; TISSUE LEVEL; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; UREA CYCLE; VERTEBRATE;

CETORHININAE; CETORHINUS; CETORHINUS MAXIMUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PETROMYZON MARINUS; PETROMYZONTIDAE; SALMONIDAE; SEA LAMPREYS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4644331967     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2004.06.001     Document Type: Article

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