Enzymatic and mitochondrial responses to 5 months of aerial exposure in the slender lungfish Protopterus dolloi

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 608-622

  Staples, J F ^a   Kajimura, M ^b,c   Wood, C M ^b,d   Patel, M ^b   Ip, Y K ^d   McClelland, G B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WAKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aestivation; Dipnoi; Glycolysis; Ornithine urea cycle; Oxidative phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DIPNOI; PROTOPTERUS DOLLOI;

EID: 48949087367     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.01955.x     Document Type: Article

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