Arginine degradation in developing porcine enterocytes

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 5 34-5, 1996, Pages

  Wu, Guoyao ^a   Knabe, Darrell A ^a   Flynn, Nick E ^a   Yan, Wene ^a   Flynn, Sean P ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

citrulline; nitric oxide; ornithine; pigs; proline

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CITRULLINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ORNITHINE; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; PROLINE; PYRROLINE 5 CARBOXYLATE REDUCTASE;

ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INTESTINE CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

EID: 0029809561     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1996.271.5.g913     Document Type: Article

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