Measurement of carnitine biosynthesis enzyme activities by tandem mass spectrometry: Differences between the mouse and the rat

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 354, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 132-139

  van Vlies, Naomi ^a   Wanders, Ronald J A ^a   Vaz, Frédéric M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

4 Trimethylaminobutyraldehyde dehydrogenase; 4 Trimethylaminobutyric acid dioxygenase; 6 N Trimethyllysine dioxygenase; Carnitine; Carnitine biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; DRUG PRODUCTS; ENZYMES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; RATS; TISSUE;

4-TRIMETHYLAMINOBUTYRALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; CARNITINE; CARNITINE BIOSYNTHESIS; DIOXYGENASES; KINETIC PROPERTIES; MOUSE LIVER HOMOGENATE; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

BIOSYNTHESIS;

CARNITINE; DIOXYGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; FLUOROMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33744524787     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2006.04.007     Document Type: Article

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