Activities of γ-butyrobetaine dioxygenase and concentrations of carnitine in tissues of pigs

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 324-331

  Fischer, Maren ^a   Keller, Janine ^a   Hirche, Frank ^a   Kluge, Holger ^a   Ringseis, Robert ^a   Eder, Klaus ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

carnitine; Pig; Tissue; butyrobetaine; butyrobetaine dioxygenase

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCARNITINE; CARNITINE; GAMMA BUTYROBETAINE; GAMMA BUTYROBETAINE DIOXYGENASE;

AGE; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEART; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; KIDNEY; LIVER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWINE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 67349149421     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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