Regulation of ammonia-metabolizing enzymes expression in the liver of obese rats: Differences between genetic and nutritional obesities

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 681-685

  Roig, R ^a   Esteve, M ^b   Remesar, X ^b   Lamers, W H ^c   Arola, L ^a   Salvado J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbamoylphosphate synthetase; Gene expression; Glutamine synthetase; Liver; Obesity

Indexed keywords

CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; MESSENGER RNA; NITROGEN; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIVER HOMOGENATE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALIA; CAFETERIA;

EID: 0030810878     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800460     Document Type: Article

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