Unusual abundance of arginine and ornithine in porcine allantoic fluid

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1261-1265

  Wu, Guoyao ^a   Bazer, Fuller W ^a   Tuo, Wenbin ^a   Flynn, Scan P ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GLUTAMINE; ORNITHINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; AMNION FLUID; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0029996076     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biolreprod/54.6.1261     Document Type: Article

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