Enteral arginase II provides ornithine for citrulline synthesis

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 300, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

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

^a CHILDREN S NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine; Glutamine; Modeling; Proline; Urea cycle

Indexed keywords

ARGINASE; ARGINASE 2; ARGININE; CITRULLINE; GLUTAMINE; ORNITHINE; PROLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE MUCOSA; UREA CYCLE;

ANIMALS; ARGINASE; ARGININE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CITRULLINE; GLUTAMINE; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINE, SMALL; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; ORNITHINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 78650773220     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00413.2010     Document Type: Article

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