The human neonatal small intestine has the potential for arginine synthesis; developmental changes in the expression of arginine-synthesizing and -catabolizing enzymes

BMC Developmental Biology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Köhler, Eleonore S ^a   Sankaranarayanan, Selvakumari ^a   Van Ginneken, Christa J ^b   Van Dijk, Paul ^a   Vermeulen, Jacqueline L M ^c   Ruijter, Jan M ^c   Lamers, Wouter H ^a,c   Bruder, Elisabeth ^d  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGINASE; ARGININE; ARGININOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMINE; ORNITHINE OXOACID AMINOTRANSFERASE; PROLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHILD; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SMALL INTESTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARGINASE; ARGININE; ARGININOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; ARTERIOLES; CARBAMOYL-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE (AMMONIA); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINE, SMALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; ORNITHINE-OXO-ACID TRANSAMINASE; PROLINE;

EID: 58249100087     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471213X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-213X-8-107     Document Type: Article

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