Ecological physiology of diet and digestive systems

Annual Review of Physiology

Volumn 73, Issue , 2011, Pages 69-93

  Karasov, William H ^a   Martínez Del Rio, Carlos ^b   Caviedes Vidal, Enrique ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

adaptation; hydrolases; microbiome; transporters

Indexed keywords

HYDROLASE;

ARTICLE; DIET; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; METAGENOME; MICROBIOME; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DIET; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FISHES; GENE DOSAGE; HUMANS; HYDROLASES; MICE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PRIMATES; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RATS; SELECTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 79951803974     PISSN: 00664278     EISSN: 15451585     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-physiol-012110-142152     Document Type: Article

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