A kinetic model for in- vitro intestinal uptake of the amino acid L- tyrosine across rat everted gut sacs

Discovery and Innovation

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 40-44

  Subratty, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

Author keywords

Enzyme; Inborn errors; Kinetics; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

EID: 1842635123     PISSN: 1015079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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