Expression and function of arginine-producing and consuming-enzymes in the kidney

Amino Acids

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1237-1252

  Levillain, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Arginase; Argininosuccinate synthetase and lyase; Citrulline; Kidney; Mammals; Microdissected tubules; Proximal convoluted and straight tubules; Tubular and subcellular localization

Indexed keywords

ARGINASE; ARGINASE 2; ARGININE; ARGININE DECARBOXYLASE; ARGININOSUCCINATE LYASE; ARGININOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; ASPARTIC ACID; CITRULLINE; FUMARIC ACID; GLYCINE AMIDINOTRANSFERASE; GUANIDINOACETIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GENE PRODUCT; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY METABOLISM; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; KIDNEY TUBULE ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ARGINASE; ARGININE; ARGININOSUCCINATE LYASE; ARGININOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; HUMANS; KIDNEY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84862066113     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-011-0897-z     Document Type: Review

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