Hepatic and extrahepatic distribution of ornithine urea cycle enzymes in holocephalan elephant fish (Callorhinchus milii)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 331-340

  Takagi, Wataru ^a   Kajimura, Makiko ^b   Bell, Justin D ^c,d   Toop, Tes ^c   Donald, John A ^c   Hyodo, Susumu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b WAKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cartilaginous fish; Elephant fish; Extrahepatic tissues; Ornithine urea cycle enzymes; Urea synthesis

Indexed keywords

ARGINASE; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; ENZYME; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; MESSENGER RNA; ORNITHINE; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; ORNITHINE UREA CYCLE ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; CALLORHINCHUS MILII; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FEMALE; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HATCHING; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL TARGETING SIGNAL; MUSCLE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA SPLICING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UREA CYCLE;

CALLORHINCHUS MILII; CHIMAERIFORMES; CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; HOLOCEPHALI; MORMYRIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 84857237165     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: 18791107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2011.12.006     Document Type: Article

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