title: Arginase activity in Bufo arenarum embryos.
abstract: The evolution of arginase activity during development of Bufo arenarum embryos was studied. The enzyme activity was detected after the neural groove stage, being low at the following early stages and increasing progressively until the end of the embryonic development. Arginase activity was first found in the neurula stage, when an outline of basic structures for renal and hepatic function is present. The activity increased two- or three-fold at the beginning of the larval stages.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Nacional de Luján, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Rovedatti
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Castañé
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salibian
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001119:Arginase / Q000378:metabolism*; D001120:Arginine / Q000378:metabolism*; D002022:Bufo arenarum / Q000196:embryology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D012044:Regression Analysis
chemical_list: D001120:Arginine; D001119:Arginase