Chapter 5 Amino acid metabolism in the small intestine: biochemical bases and nutritional significance

Biology of Growing Animals

Volumn 3, Issue C, 2005, Pages 107-126

  Wu, G ^a   Knabe, D A ^a   Flynn, N E ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/S1877-1823(09)70012-8     Document Type: Article

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