Tryptophan-Restriction diets help to maintain L-Tryptophan homeostasis in tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase knockout mice

International Journal of Tryptophan Research

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages 55-65

  Maeta, Akihiro ^a   Fukuwatari, Tsutomu ^a   Funakoshi, Hiroshi ^b   Nakamura, Toshikazu ^c   Shibata, Katsumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

^b Division of Molecular Regenerative Medicine   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

0.06 L Trp diet; TDO deficient mice; Tryptophan; Wild type mice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882624052     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11786469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/IJTR.S12206     Document Type: Article

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