Carnitine deficiency and supplementation do not affect the gene expression of carnitine biosynthetic enzymes in rats

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 761-764

  Davis, Alan T ^a   Monroe, Thomas J ^a  

^a SPECTRUM HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Carnitine; Carnitine biosynthesis; Trimethyllysine; butyrobetaine

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; CARNITINE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GAMMA BUTYROBETAINE DIOXYGENASE; LIVER ENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; TRIMETHYLLYSINE HYDROXYLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARNITHINE DEFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WEANING;

EID: 16244387367     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/135.4.761     Document Type: Article

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