Quantitative determination of urea concentrations in cell culture medium

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 541-544

  Zawada, Robert J X ^a   Kwan, Peggy ^a   Olszewski, Kellen L ^b   Llinas, Manuel ^b   Huang, Shu Gui ^a  

^a BioAssay Systems   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular urea; Urea assay; Urea determination; Urea metabolism; Urea synthesis

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR UREA; END-PRODUCT; IN-CELL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATIONS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVE METHOD; UREA SYNTHESIS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL CULTURE; MAMMALS; UREA;

METABOLISM;

JUNG UREA REAGENT; N (1 NAPHTHYL)ETHYLENEDIAMINE; PHTHALALDEHYDE; PRIMAQUINE; REAGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

AMMONIA FORMATION; ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN METABOLISM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TISSUE CULTURE; UREA CYCLE;

ANIMALS; CALIBRATION; CULTURE MEDIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REFERENCE STANDARDS; UREA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 66349103333     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: 12086002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/O09-011     Document Type: Article

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