Glutamine and glutamate - Their central role in cell metabolism and function

Cell Biochemistry and Function

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-9

  Newsholme, Philip ^a   Procopio, Joaquim ^b   Ramos Lima, Manuela Maria ^b   Pithon Curi, Tania Cristina ^c   Curi, Rui ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c METHODIST UNIVERSITY OF PIRACICABA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cell function; Glutamate; Glutamine; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLUTATHIONE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NUCLEIC ACID; NUCLEOTIDE;

ACID BASE BALANCE; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL METABOLISM; GLUCONEOGENESIS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION; MUSCLE GROWTH; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS; NUTRIENT; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; UREA CYCLE;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTESTINES; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN;

EID: 0037372730     PISSN: 02636484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbf.1003     Document Type: Review

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