The urea cycle of Helicobacter pylori

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2959-2967

  Mendz, George L ^a   Hazell, Stuart L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arginase; Helicobacter pylori; NMR spectroscopy; Urea cycle

Indexed keywords

ARGINASE; ARGININOSUCCINATE LYASE; ARGININOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE; CITRULLINE; NITROGEN; ORNITHINE; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; TRACER; UREA;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CELL LYSATE; CELL SUSPENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; UREA CYCLE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0029954540     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-10-2959     Document Type: Article

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