Seasonal effects on intestinal enzyme activity in the Australian agamid lizard, Lophognathus temporalis

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-94

  Iglesias, Sebastian ^a   Tracy, Christopher R ^a   Bedford, Gavin S ^a   McWhorter, Todd J ^b,c   Christian, Keith A ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aminopeptidase N; Digestion; Gut; Maltase; Resource abundance; Sucrase; Urbanization; Wet dry tropics

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; AMINOPEPTIDASE; INTESTINE ENZYME; SUCRASE; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; INTESTINE FUNCTION; LIZARD; LOPHOGNATHUS TEMPORALIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; CITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYMOLOGY; INTESTINE; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; SEASON;

AGAMIDAE; LOPHOGNATHUS TEMPORALIS; SQUAMATA;

ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD13; AUSTRALIA; CITIES; ECOSYSTEM; INTESTINES; LIZARDS; ORGAN SIZE; SEASONS; SUCRASE;

EID: 63249124981     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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