Analysis of whole body ammonia metabolism in Aedes aegypti using [15N]-labeled compounds and mass spectrometry

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 614-622

  Scaraffia, Patricia Y ^a   Zhang, Qingfen ^a   Wysocki, Vicki H ^a   Isoe, Jun ^a   Wells, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Glutamate synthase; Glutamine synthetase; Labeled amino acids; Metabolic pathways; Sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMINE; NITROGEN;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMINE; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN RADIOISOTOPES;

AEDES AEGYPTI;

EID: 33746270986     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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