Determinants of glutamine dependence and utilization by normal and tumor-derived breast cell lines

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 166-178

  Collins, Cynthia L ^a   Wasa, Masafumi ^a   Souba, Wiley W ^a   Abcouwer, Steve F ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CYSTINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL DIVISION; CULTURE MEDIA; CYSTINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; KINETICS; SODIUM; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031862830     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4652(199807)176:1<166::AID-JCP18>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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