A molecular model of human branched-chain amino acid metabolism

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 72-81

  Sitryawan, Agus ^b   Hawes, John W ^b   Harris, Robert A ^b   Shimomura, Yoshiharu ^b   Jenkins, Anne E ^b   Hutson, Susan M ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

African green monkeys; Branched chain amino acid; Branched chain keto acid dehydrogenase kinase; Branched chain keto acid dehydrogenase; Branched chainamino acid aminotransferase; Essential amino acids; Human models; Metabolism; Rats

Indexed keywords

2 OXOACID; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; MALE; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MONKEY; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RAT;

ANIMALIA; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0031750339     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/68.1.72     Document Type: Article

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