Thermal acclimation and regulation of metabolism in a reptile (Crocodylus porosus): The importance of transcriptional mechanisms and membrane composition

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 766-775

  Seebacher, F ^a   Murray, S A ^a,c   Else, P L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; FATTY ACID; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; RNA 16S;

ACCLIMATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CROCODILIAN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID; FITNESS; GENE EXPRESSION; MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; MUSCLE; PROTEIN; RNA; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIVER; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; FATTY ACIDS; LIVER; PPAR GAMMA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMALIA; CROCODYLUS POROSUS; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 69549140589     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/605955     Document Type: Article

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