Ubiquitous presence of argininosuccinate at millimolar levels in the central nervous system of Aplysia californica

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 632-640

  Ye, Xiaoying ^a   Kim, Won Suk ^a,b   Rubakhin, Stanislav S ^a   Sweedler, Jonathan V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b LG Chemical Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aplysia californica; Arginine; Argininosuccinate; Capillary electrophoresis laser induced fluorescence; Citrulline nitric oxide cycle; Single cell assay

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ARGININOSUCCINIC ACID; CITRULLINE; NITRIC OXIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GANGLION; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; NERVE CELL; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UREA CYCLE;

ANIMALS; APLYSIA; ARGININE; ARGININOSUCCINIC ACID; CAPILLARY ELECTROCHROMATOGRAPHY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CITRULLINE; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; HEMOLYMPH; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS;

APLYSIA CALIFORNICA;

EID: 34247364554     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2006.04395.x     Document Type: Article

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