L-Arginine uptake in rat cerebral mitochondria

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 233-236

  Dolińska, Monika ^a   Albrecht, Jan ^a  

^a MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arginine; Brain; Mitochondria; Rat; Uptake

Indexed keywords

AGMATINE; AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; ARGININE; CARBON 14; CREATINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HISTIDINE; LYSINE; N(G) NITROARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; ORNITHINE; PUTRESCINE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DIFFUSION; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; HEMISPHERE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BRAIN; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; KINETICS; LYSINE; MITOCHONDRIA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; ORNITHINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0032168476     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-0186(98)00020-5     Document Type: Article

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