Metabolic fate of L-arginine in relation to microbiostatic capability of murine macrophages

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 264-273

  Granger, Donald L ^a,c   Hibbs Jr , John B ^b   Perfect, John R ^a   Durack, David T ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine; Fungistasis; Macrophage; Microbiostasis; Nitrate; Nitrite

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; NITRATE; NITRITE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGISTASIS; FUNGUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ANIMAL; ARGININE; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CELLS, CULTURED; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NITRATES; NITRITES; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RADIOISOTOPE DILUTION TECHNIQUE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UREA;

EID: 0025017079     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI114422     Document Type: Article

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