Trimethylamine-N-oxide counteracts urea effects on rabbit muscle lactate dehydrogenase function: A test of the counteraction hypothesis

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2666-2673

  Baskakov, Ilia ^a   Wang, Aijun ^b   Bolen, D W ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MUSCLE ENZYME; PYRUVIC ACID; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; TRIMETHYLAMINE OXIDE; UREA;

ARTICLE; ENZYME INACTIVATION; HYPOTHESIS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALIA; CHONDRICHTHYES; FELIS CATUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0031967834     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77972-X     Document Type: Article

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