Tumour cell growth in culture: Dependence on arginine

Clinical Science

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 371-379

  Caso, Giuseppe ^a,b   McNurlan, Margaret A ^a   McMillan, Nelson D ^c   Eremin, Oleg ^c   Garlick, Peter J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arginase; Human breast tumour cell; L arginine; L citrulline; Protein synthesis; Tumour growth

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGINASE; ARGININE; CELL PROTEIN; CITRULLINE; HOMOARGININE; LEUCINE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ORNITHINE; PUTRESCINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; POLYAMINE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TUMOR CELL CULTURE; TUMOR GROWTH; UREA CYCLE;

ARGINASE; ARGININE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUCINE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 6344249084     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20040096     Document Type: Article

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