Evidence for urea-induced hypometabolism in isolated organs of dormant ectotherms

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 313, Issue 1 A, 2010, Pages 28-34

  Muir, Timothy J ^a   Costanzo, Jon P ^a   Lee Jr , Richard E ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UREA;

AMBYSTOMA; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FROG; GASTROPOD; HIBERNATION; LIVER; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPTILE; SEASON; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AMBYSTOMA; AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; FEMALE; GASTROPODA; HIBERNATION; LACTATES; LIVER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANA PIPIENS; REPTILES; SEASONS; UREA;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM; AMPHIBIA; ANGUISPIRA ALTERNATA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; GASTROPODA; MALACLEMYS TERRAPIN; RANA SYLVATICA; REPTILIA; SPEA BOMBIFRONS;

EID: 72649094190     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.572     Document Type: Article

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