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Comparison of metabolic fate of exogenous ammonia in an elasmobranch (Squalus acanthias) and a teleost (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology – Part A, Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 148(Supplement 1), S48
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Comparison of liver mitochondrial membranes from an agnathan (Myxine glutinosa), an elasmobranch (Raja erinacea) and a teleost fish (Pleuronectes americanus). Marine Biology, 124(4), 509–518
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Glutamine metabolism in elasmobranch and agnathan muscle. Journal of Experimental Zoology, 264(3), 267–272
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3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme a lyase from tissues of the oyster, Crassostrea virginica, the little skate, Raja erinacea and the lake charr, Salvelinus namaycush: A simplified spectrophotometric assay. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology – Part B, Comparative Biochemistry, 93(3), 583–588
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The effects of urea, trimethylamine oxide and ionic strength on the oxidation of acyl carnitines by mitochondria isolated from the liver of the Little Skate Raja erinacea. Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology, 156(6), 845–851
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Solute Effects on Mitochondria From an Elasmobranch (Raja erinacea) and a Teleost (Pseudopleuronectes arnericanus). Journal of Experimental Zoology, 239, 319–328
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