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... fiber growth diffusion metabolic modeling reaction-diffusion exercise metabolism scaling crustacean blue crab Callinectes sapidus phosphagen arginine phosphate glycogen mitochondria The muscles that power swimming in the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus , grow by increasing...

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...W. Ross Ellington ABSTRACT In vertebrate tissues, the only phosphagen is phosphocreatine (PC), and the corresponding phosphotransferase is creatine phosphokinase (CPK). Among invertebrates, a variety of phosphotransferase reactions are found in addition to CPK, including arginine phosphokinase (APK...

...—base status of animal tissues. The functional role of the adenylates, phosphagens and inorganic phosphate in acid-base balance is investigated with respect to differences in the physicochemical properties of organic and inorganic phosphates. General principles are established for different anaerobic...