Urea nitrogen salvage mechanisms and their relevance to ruminants, non-ruminants and man

Nutrition Research Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-62

  Stewart, Gavin S ^a   Smith, Craig P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Bacteria; Gastrointestinal tract; Growth; Nitrogen balance; Urea

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AQUAPORIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARRIER PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLIC AMP; LYSINE; MESSENGER RNA; NITROGEN; ORNITHINE; PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE TRANSPORTER 1; PERMEASE; PHLORETIN; PROTEIN; SODIUM GLUCOSE COTRANSPORTER 1; UREA; UREASE;

ABSORPTION; BACTERIUM; BOVIDS; DIET; DNA SEQUENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE; GNOTOBIOTICS; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; NITROGEN BALANCE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN INTAKE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; TRANSPORT AND BINDING PHENOMENA; URINE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 20444444972     PISSN: 09544224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/NRR200498     Document Type: Review

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