The freeze-avoidance response of smelt Osmerus mordax: initiation and subsequent suppression of glycerol, trimethylamine oxide and urea accumulation.

Authors :: Treberg, Jason R.
Wilson, Connie E.
Richards, Robert C.
Ewart, K. Vanya
Driedzic, William R.
Source :: Journal of Experimental Biology. 5/15/2002, Vol. 205 Issue 10, p1419. 9p. 2 Black and White Photographs, 19 Graphs.
Publication Year :: 2002
Abstract: Examines the freeze-avoidance response of smelt Osmerus mordax. Increase in antifreeze protein expression; Reduction of glycerol and urea content in plasma, muscle and liver; Mechanism of teleost fish survival during low temperature.

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