Effects of crowding on ornithine-urea cycle enzyme mRNA expression and activity in gulf toadfish (Opsanus beta)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 2394-2402

  Laberge, Tammy ^a   Walsh, Patrick J ^b   McDonald, M Danielle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Arginase; Argininosuccinate lyase; Argininosuccinate synthetase; Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase; Cortisol; Glutamine synthetase; Liver; Nitrogen metabolism; Ornithine carbamoyl transferase; Transcription; Urea

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ARGINASE; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE (N ACETYLGLUTAMATE); CARBAMOYL-PHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE (N-ACETYLGLUTAMATE); GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; HYDROCORTISONE; LIGASE; LYASE; MESSENGER RNA; ORNITHINE; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; UREA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BATRACHOIDIFORMES; BLOOD; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; LIVER; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; ARGINASE; BATRACHOIDIFORMES; CARBON-NITROGEN LIGASES; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; HYDROCORTISONE; LIVER; LYASES; ORNITHINE; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; POPULATION DENSITY; RNA, MESSENGER; UREA;

BATRACHOIDIDAE GEN. SP.; OPSANUS BETA;

EID: 67651061573     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.030411     Document Type: Article

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