Comparative biochemistry

Glazer, A. N., 1983. Comparative biochemistry of photosyntlietic light-har-vesdng pigments. Annual Review of Biochemistry 52 125-157. 

Cormier, M. J. (1978). Comparative biochemistry of animal systems. In Herring, P. J. (ed.), Bioluminescence in Action, pp. 75-108. Academic Press, London. 

Hastings, J. W., and Morin, J. G. (1969a). Comparative biochemistry of calcium-activated photoproteins from the ctenophore, Mnemiopsis and the coelenterates Aequorea, Obelia, Pelagia and Renilla. Biol. Bull. 137 402. 

Wampler, J. E., and Jamieson, B. G. M. (1980). Earthworm bioluminescence comparative physiology and biochemistry. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 66B 43-50. 

Inhibitors must possess chemical and physical properties that will ensure absorption by root tips or penetration by foliar surfaces, and translocation to the active site. Once there they must assume the precise spatial configuration required to complement the molecular architecture of the active center if they are to block the key reaction. A comprehension of comparative biochemistry and information on how plants differ in the architecture of the reactive sites should assist in developing truly selective herbicides. 

Rosenthal, H.L., Eves, M.M. and Cochran, O.A. 1970 Common strontium of mineralized tissues from marine and sweet water animals. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 32 445 50. 

Cannes, L.Z., Martinez del Rio, C., Koch, P. (1998). Natural abundance variations in stable isotopes and their potential uses in animal physiological ecology. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A Molecular Integrative Physiology, Vol. 119, No. 3, pp. 725-737. (http //dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1095-6433(98)01016-2)... 

Achyuthan KE, Achyuthan AM (2001) Comparative enzymology, biochemistry and pathophysiology of human cxo-alpha-sialidases (neuraminidases). Compar Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 129 29-64... 

Founmer, F., Karasow, W.H., and Kenow, K.P. et al. (2002). The oral availability and toxicokinetics of methyl mercury in common loon chicks. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A 133, 703-714. 

Hetherington, L.H., Livingstone, D.R., and Walker, C.H. (1996). Two and one-electron dependant reductive metabolism of nitroaromatics by Mytilus edulis, Carcinus maenas and Asterias rubens. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 113, 231-239. 

Livingstone, D.R. and Stegeman, J.J. (Eds.) (1998). Forms and Functions of Cytochrome P450. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 121C (special issue), 1 12. 

Lundholm, E. (1987). Thinning of eggshells in birds by DDE mode of action on the eggshell gland. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 88C, 1-22. 

Mackness, M.I., Walker, C.H, Rowlands, D.G. et al. (1982). Esterase activity in homogenates of 3 strains of rust red flour beetle. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 74C, 65-68. 

Watanuki, H., Yamaguchi, T., and Sakai, M. (2002). Suppression in function of phagocytic cells in common carp Cyprinus carpio L. injected with estradiol, progesterone or 11-ketotestosterone. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C—Toxicology and Pharmacology 132, 407 13. 

Studies on the biochemistry of the taste system should take into account results obtained at other levels, such as electrophysiological recordings and, particularly, behavioral responses to taste stimuli. The term sweetness should strictly be used only in studies conducted on humans, because the description of taste modality is a verbal response. It is usually concluded that positive behavioral responses in animals, that is, preferences, or electrophysiological response to a stimulus compound that is known to be sweet to man, are due to the sweet taste. This may not necessarily be true in some cases, because behavioral or electrophysiological response may result from other taste modalities. It is, therefore, critical that comparative aspects be carefully interpreted. 

Sugumaran, M., Comparative biochemistry of eumelanogenesis and the protective roles of phenoloxidase and melanin in insects. Pigment Cell Res., 15, 2, 2002. Riley, P.A., Melanin, Int. J. Biochem. Cell. Biol, 29, 1235, 1997. 

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