Glutaminolysis: Supplying carbon or nitrogen or both for cancer cells?

Cell Cycle

Volumn 9, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 3884-3886

  Dang, Chi V ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic glycolysis; Ammonia; Cancer metabolism; Glutaminase; Glutamine synthetase; Glutaminolysis

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; BETA CATENIN; GLUCAGON; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MYC PROTEIN;

CANCER CELL; CELL CYCLE; CELL METABOLISM; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENZYME METABOLISM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUTAMINOLYSIS; GLYCOLYSIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; WALKER WARBURG SYNDROME;

EID: 77958492734     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.9.19.13302     Document Type: Review

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