5-7 Results of blastn search for livUGTn (and intUGTn) ................ ......................92

5-8 Promoter prediction ................. ...............92........... ....

5-9 Results of blastp search for liv/intUGTp ................. .....__ ............. ......9

5-10 Results of blastn search for I35R C............... ...............99...

5-11 Potential antigenic sites on liv/intUGTp. ............. ...............101....

5-12 Results of blastp search for I3SRCp ................. ...............102........... .

5-13 Results of ClustalW multiple sequence alignment analysis of the cloned UGTs
 and the original livUGTn .............. ...............106....

5-14 Conserved consecutive residues observed in catfish liver and mammalian UGTs
 (sequences shown in Figure 5-13)............... ...............109.

6-1 UDPGA concentrations (C1M) in liver and intestine of various species ................. 117

6-2 Elution times of certain physiological substances (standards dissolved in mobile
 phase) using the anion-exchange HPLC conditions described above...................124

6-3 UDPGA concentrations in CIM (duplicates for individual fish), in catfish liver
 and intestine ................. ...............126................