Respiration, electron-transport enzymes, and Krebs-cycle enzymes in early developmental stages of the oyster Crassostrea virginica

Authors

Robert E. Black, Virginia Institute of Marine ScienceFollow

Document Type

Article

Department/Program

Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Publication Date

8-1962

Journal

Biological Bulletin

Volume

123

Issue

1

First Page

58

Last Page

70

Abstract

A marked increase in the rate of respiration during early development has been noted in many different organisms (see Brachet, 1950 ; Boell, 1955). In most cases the changes in respiratory enzymes which might contribute to the respiratory increases have not been fully studied. Of particular interest in this connection are studies which have dealt with enzymes of the tricarboxylic acid (citric acid) cycle, as well as those investigations of the enzymes involved in the transfer of electrons between substrates and oxygen, via the systems which oxidize reduced pyridine nucleotides and succinic acid.

Publication Statement

Contribution (Virginia Institute of Marine Science) no. 116.

Recommended Citation

Black, Robert E., Respiration, electron-transport enzymes, and Krebs-cycle enzymes in early developmental stages of the oyster Crassostrea virginica (1962). Biological Bulletin, 123(1), 58-70.
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