Membrane-bound intestinal enzymes of passerine birds: Dietary and phylogenetic correlates

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

Volumn 181, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 817-827

  Ramirez Otarola, Natalia ^a   Narváez, Cristóbal ^a   Sabat, Pablo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Aminopeptidase N; Bird; Diet; Disaccharidases; Phylogenetically independent contrast

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE; NITROGEN; SUCRASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; ENZYMOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; INTESTINE; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD;

ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD13; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; INTESTINES; NITROGEN; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; SUCRASE;

AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 79960570590     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-011-0557-3     Document Type: Article

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