Glycolysis is a source of pyruvate for transamination of glutamine amino nitrogen in jejunal epithelial cells

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 3 35-3, 1997, Pages

  Cremin Jr , John D ^a   Fleming, Sharon E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon 13 nuclear magnetic resonance; metabolism; pentose phosphate pathway; rat; tricarboxylic acid cycle

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ASPARTIC ACID; CARBON 13; CYCLOLEUCINE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; LACTIC ACID; NITROGEN; PYRUVIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; GLYCOLYSIS; JEJUNUM MUCOSA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRANSAMINATION;

EID: 0030944236     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1997.272.3.g575     Document Type: Article

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