Neuronal metabolism of branched-chain amino acids: Flux through the aminotransferase pathway in synaptosomes

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2136-2145

  Yudkoff, Marc ^a,b   Daikhin, Yevgeny ^a   Nelson, David ^a   Nissim, Itzhak ^a   Erecińska, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Branched chain amino acids; Gas chromatography; mass spectrometry; Synaptosomes

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN METABOLISM; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; ENZYME MECHANISM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN BALANCE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; RAT; SYNAPTOSOME; TRANSAMINATION;

EID: 0029935376     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.66052136.x     Document Type: Article

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