Gene cloning and mRNA expression of glutamate dehydrogenase in the liver, brain, and intestine of the swamp eel, Monopterus albus (Zuiew), exposed to freshwater, terrestrial conditions, environmental ammonia, or salinity stress

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 2 DEC, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Tok, Chia Y ^a   Chew, Shit F ^b   Ip, Yuen K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Glutamate; Glutamate dehydrogenase; Monopterus albus; mRNA expression; Nitrogen metabolism; Osmoregu lation; Swamp eel

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866272328     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2011.00100     Document Type: Article

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