Glutamine accumulation and up-regulation of glutamine synthetase activity in the swamp eel, Monopterus albus (Zuiew), exposed to brackish water

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1248-1258

  Tok, Chia Y ^a   Chew, Shit F ^b   Peh, Wendy Y X ^a   Loong, Ai M ^a   Wong, Wai P ^a   Ip, Yuen K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Glutamine; Glutamine synthetase; Monopterus albus; Nitrogen metabolism; Osmoregulation; Swamp eel

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; CHLORIDE; FISH PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UREA; WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OSMOLARITY; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; SMEGMAMORPHA; UPREGULATION; URINE;

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CHLORIDES; FISH PROTEINS; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; POTASSIUM; SMEGMAMORPHA; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UP-REGULATION; UREA; WATER;

MONOPTERUS ALBUS; SYNBRANCHIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 66149099329     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.025395     Document Type: Article

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