Glutamine: Precursor or nitrogen donor for citrulline synthesis?

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 299, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Marini, Juan C ^a   Didelija, Inka Cajo ^a   Castillo, Leticia ^a   Lee, Brendan ^b,c  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine; Proline; Urea cycle

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; AMMONIUM ACETATE; ARGININE; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE; CARBON; CITRULLINE; GLUTAMINE; NITROGEN; PROLINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; ARGININE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CITRULLINE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GLUTAMINE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PROLINE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS;

EID: 77953448693     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00080.2010     Document Type: Article

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