The freshwater Amazonian stingray, Potamotrygon motoro, up-regulates glutamine synthetase activity and protein abundance, and accumulates glutamine when exposed to brackish (15‰) water

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 3828-3836

  Ip, Y K ^a   Loong, A M ^a   Ching, B ^a   Tham, G H Y ^a   Wong, W P ^a   Chew, S F ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Freshwater stingray; Glutamate; Glutamate dehydrogenase; Glutamine; Glutamine synthetase; Nitrogen metabolism; Potamotrygon motoro; Urea

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; FRESH WATER; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE; UREA;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRIC FISH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIVER; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SALINITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AMMONIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FRESH WATER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE; LIVER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SALINITY; SKATES (FISH); UREA;

POTAMOTRYGON MOTORO;

EID: 70449706037     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.034074     Document Type: Article

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