Digestive chitinolytic activity in marine fishes of Monterey Bay, California

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 351-358

  Gutowska, Magdalena A ^a   Drazen, Jeffrey C ^a   Robison, Bruce H ^a  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chitin; Chitinase; Chitobiase; Diet; Digestion; Enzymes; Marine fishes; Myctophidae; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; CHITOBIASE; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DERIVATIZATION; DIGESTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDING; FISH; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INTESTINE; MEAL; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUTRIENT; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; STOMACH; UNITED STATES;

MYCTOPHIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 8844242480     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2004.09.020     Document Type: Article

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