The curious case of the chemical composition of hagfish tissues-50years on

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 111-115

  Currie, Suzanne ^a,c   Edwards, Susan L ^b,c  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOUNT DESERT ISLAND BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Hagfish; Osmoconformer; Osmolytes; Red blood cells; TMAO

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CALCIUM; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE; CHLORIDE; LEUCINE; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; PROLINE; SEA WATER; SODIUM; THREONINE; TRIMETHYLAMINE OXIDE; UREA; VALINE;

ANOXIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ERYTHROCYTE; HAGFISH; HYPOXIA; LAMPREY; LIVER; METABOLIC RATE; METABOLIC REGULATION; MUSCLE; MUSCLE TISSUE; MYXINE GLUTINOSA; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; OSMOSIS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PLASMA; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA; HAGFISH; INVERTEBRATA; MYXINE GLUTINOSA; MYXINIDAE; PETROMYZONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77955092798     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.06.164     Document Type: Review

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