The interplay of increased urea synthesi
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Ip, Yuen Kwong ;Yeo, Pei Jia ;Loong, Ai May ;Hiong, Kum Chew ;Wong, Wai Peng ;Ch
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Article
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2005
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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This study was undertaken to test the hypothesis that the rate of urea synthesis in Protopterus aethiopicus was up-regulated to detoxify ammonia during the initial phase of aestivation in air (day 1-day 12), and that a profound suppression of ammonia production occurred at a later phase of aestivati