Glycine is not formed through the amino transferase reaction in human or rat placenta

Placenta

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 329-331

  Bennett, F I ^a   Jackson, A A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE GLYOXYLATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLYCINE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031967050     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-4004(98)90066-2     Document Type: Article

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