Metabolic depression during aestivation does not involve remodelling of membrane fatty acids in two Australian frogs

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 179, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 857-866

  Berner, Nancy J ^a   Else, P L ^b   Hulbert, A J ^b   Mantle, B L ^c   Cramp, R L ^c   Franklin, C E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Citrate synthase; Cytochrome c oxidase; Fatty acid composition; Membrane remodelling; Metabolic depression; Na+K+ATPase

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; COCKROACH; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYMOLOGY; FAT INTAKE; FROGS AND TOADS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; GRYLLIDAE; KIDNEY; LIVER; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; MUSCLE MITOCHONDRION; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SEASON; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANURA; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; COCKROACHES; DIETARY FATS; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESTIVATION; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; GRYLLIDAE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MITOCHONDRIA, LIVER; MITOCHONDRIA, MUSCLE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NORTHERN TERRITORY; ORGAN SIZE; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; QUEENSLAND; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEASONS;

ANURA; CYCLORANA ALBOGUTTATA; CYCLORANA AUSTRALIS; GASTROPODA; MYOBATRACHIDAE;

EID: 70350164127     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-009-0368-y     Document Type: Article

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