Molecular characterization and mRNA expression of carbamoyl phosphate synthetase III in the liver of the African lungfish, Protopterus annectens, during aestivation or exposure to ammonia

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

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 367-379

  Loong, A M ^a   Chng, Y R ^a   Chew, S F ^b   Wong, W P ^a   Ip, Y K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aestivation; Ammonia; Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase; Lungfish; Ornithine urea cycle; Protopterus annectens; Urea

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE (N ACETYLGLUTAMATE); CARBAMOYL-PHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE (N-ACETYLGLUTAMATE); COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LIGASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LIVER; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON-NITROGEN LIGASES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESTIVATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FISHES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIVER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; ELASMOBRANCHII; PROTOPTERIDAE; PROTOPTERUS ANNECTENS;

EID: 84858719311     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-011-0626-7     Document Type: Article

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