How does fish metamorphosis affect aromatic amino acid metabolism?

Aromatic amino acids (AAs, phenylalanine and tyrosine) may be specifically required during fish metamorphosis, since they are the precursors of thyroid hormones which regulate this process. This project attempted to evaluate aromatic AA metabolism during the ontogenesis of fish species with a marked...

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Main Author: Pinto, W. (author)
Other Authors: Figueira, L. (author), Dinis, Maria Teresa (author), Aragão, C. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/4612
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:sapientia.ualg.pt:10400.1/4612