Frog oocytes: A living test tube for studies on metabolic regulation

IUBMB Life

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 5-10

  Ureta, T ^a   Preller, A ^a   Kessi, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Flux control coefficients; Frog oocytes; Glucose metabolism; Glycogen synthesis; Pentose P pathway

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN; HEXOKINASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FROG; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLYCOGEN SYNTHESIS; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; REVIEW; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA;

EID: 0035016679     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15216540152034993     Document Type: Review

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