15N investigation into the effect of a pollutant on the nitrogen metabolism of Tetrahymena pyriformis as a model for environmental medical research

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 493-497

  Arndt, Kerstin ^a   Hofmann, Diana ^b   Gehre, Matthias ^b   Krumbiegel, Peter ^a,b  

^a Dept Hum Exposure Res ^*  (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amino acids; GC C IRMS; GC MS; Nitrogen 15; Nitrogen metabolism; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; ARGININE; ARGININE DERIVATIVE; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GUANIDINE DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN 15; PYROGLUTAMIC ACID; STABLE ISOTOPE; TOLUENE; TYROSINE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; NITROGEN; SOLVENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; ISOTOPE LABELING; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN METABOLISM; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA; CILIOPHORA; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SOLVENTS; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; TOLUENE;

EID: 0031595408     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3434182     Document Type: Article

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