First published online April 26, 2005
Journal of Experimental Biology 208, 1601-1610 (2005)
Published by The Company of Biologists 2005
doi: 10.1242/jeb.01502
Control of muscle bioenergetic gene expression: implications for allometric scaling relationships of glycolytic and oxidative enzymes
Christopher D. Moyes* and
Christophe M. R. LeMoine
Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada K7L
3N6

View larger version (21K):
[in a new window]
|
Fig. 1. Mitochondrial and glycolytic enzyme activities in muscles of mammals
(adapted from Emmett and Hochachka,
1981 ). PK, pyruvate kinase (U g-1); CS, citrate
synthase (U g-1); body mass (g).
|
|

View larger version (18K):
[in a new window]
|
Fig. 2. Relationship between pyruvate kinase activity and mRNA. PK shows positive
allometric scaling (b=0.2). Larger fish (open circles) are able to
produce more protein from a lower amount of mRNA (adapted from
Burness et al., 1999 ). PK,
pyruvate kinase (U g-1); body mass (g).
|
|

CiteULike
Complore
Connotea
Del.icio.us
Digg
Reddit
Technorati
Twitter What's this?
© The Company of Biologists Ltd 2005