Seasonal upregulation of catabolic enzymes and fatty acid transporters in the flight muscle of migrating hoary bats, Lasiurus cinereus

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 138-143

  McGuire, Liam P ^a   Fenton, M Brock ^a   Guglielmo, Christopher G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerobic capacity; Fatty acid binding protein; Lipid oxidation; Lipid transport; Migration

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; CARNITINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; CD36 ANTIGEN; CITRATE SYNTHASE; ENZYME; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; FATTY ACID TRANSPORTER;

ARTICLE; BAT; BIRD; BODY FAT; CELL MEMBRANE; ENDURANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID TRANSPORT; FEMALE; FLIGHT MUSCLE; LASIURUS CINEREUS; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEASONAL VARIATION; UPREGULATION;

3-HYDROXYACYL COA DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CARNITINE O-PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; CHIROPTERA; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; FATTY ACID TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEASONS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84876431625     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: 18791107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2013.03.013     Document Type: Article

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