A marriage of old and new: Chemostats and microarrays identify a new model system for ammonium toxicity

PLoS Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1905-1907

  Lorenz, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; POTASSIUM; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

CELL FUNCTION; CELL METABOLISM; CHEMOSTAT; DETOXIFICATION; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSAMINATION; YEAST; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOREACTOR; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTANT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; BIOREACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; METABOLIC DETOXICATION, DRUG; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POTASSIUM; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 33751041132     PISSN: 15457885     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040388     Document Type: Short Survey

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