Enzymic imbalance in serine metabolism in human colon carcinoma and rat sarcoma

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 87-90

  Snell, K ^a,b   Natsumeda, Y ^a   Eble, J N ^a   Glover, J L ^a   Weber, G ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SERINE;

ANIMAL CELL; COLON CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; SARCOMA;

AGED; ANIMAL; CARBOHYDRATE DEHYDROGENASES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE; HUMAN; L-SERINE DEHYDRATASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SARCOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; SERINE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TRANSAMINASES;

EID: 0023829928     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1988.15     Document Type: Article

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