Biosynthesis of L-alanine, a major amino acid of fibroin in Samia cynthia ricini

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 225-232

  Osanai, Minoru ^a   Okudaira, Mami ^b   Naito, Junko ^b   Demura, Makoto ^b   Tetsuo Asakura, ^b  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alanine; Ammonium; Fibroin; Glutamine synthase GOGAT system and urea cycle

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ALANINE; AMINO ACID; AMMONIUM ACETATE; CARBON; FIBROIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; NITROGEN; SERINE; SILK FIBROIN; UREA; WATER;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; HEMOLYMPH; LARVA; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; SILKWORM; UREA CYCLE;

ACETATES; ALANINE; ANIMALS; BOMBYX; CARBON ISOTOPES; FIBROINS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; UREA; WATER;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; BOMBYX MORI; CYNTHIA; HEXAPODA; SAMIA; SAMIA CYNTHIA RICINI;

EID: 0034018321     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(99)00120-4     Document Type: Article

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