Serine and glycine metabolism in hepatocytes from mid gestation fetal lambs

Pediatric Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1085-1090

  Narkewicz, Michael R ^a,c   Thureen, Patti J ^b   Sauls, S David ^a   Tjoa, Susan ^b   Nikolayevsky, Natalie ^b   Fennessey, Paul V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; DNA; GLYCINE; GLYCINE CLEAVAGE SYSTEM; GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE; NITROGEN 15; SERINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FETUS; FETUS LIVER; GESTATIONAL AGE; LAMB; LIVER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSAMINATION;

EID: 0029892796     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199606000-00025     Document Type: Article

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