Felinine stability in the presence of selected urine compounds

Amino Acids

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 235-242

  Rutherfurd, S M ^a   Kitson, T M ^b   Woolhouse, A D ^c   McGrath, M C ^a   Hendriks, W H ^d  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbamylation; Cats; Felinine; Smell; Urea; Urine

Indexed keywords

ACETAMIDE; AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; BIURET; CREATININE; FELININE; THIOUREA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; UREA DERIVATIVE; WATER;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBAMOYLATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; RAT; REACTION ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIURET; CATS; CRICETINAE; CYSTEINE; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THIOUREA; UREA; URINE;

FELIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33846654103     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-006-0369-z     Document Type: Article

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