Ribonucleic acid nucleotides in maternal and fetal tissues derive almost exclusively from synthesis de novo in pregnant mice

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1749-1758

  Boza, J J ^a,b   Jahoor, F ^a   Reeds, P J ^a  

^a CHILDREN S NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (Spain)

Author keywords

mice; nucleic acids; purine synthesis; pyrimidine synthesis; uniformly labeled tracers

Indexed keywords

PURINE; PYRIMIDINE; RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FETUS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER METABOLISM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DIET; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PURINE SYNTHESIS; PYRIMIDINE SYNTHESIS; RNA SYNTHESIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; DIET; FEMALE; FETUS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIVER; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; NUCLEOTIDES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PURINES; PYRIMIDINES; RIBONUCLEOSIDES; RNA;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029901757     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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