Threonine metabolism and embryonic stem cell self-renewal

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 80-85

  Chen, Guohua ^a,c   Wang, Jian ^a,b,c,d  

^a Center for Integrative Metabolic and Endocrine Research   (United States)

^b Cardiovascular Research Institute   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid metabolism; Cell growth and proliferation; Embryonic stem cell; histone acetylation; Histone methylation; Threonine dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

THREONINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; CATABOLISM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPIGENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLOMICS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; THREONINE;

EID: 84891031892     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 14736519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0000000000000007     Document Type: Review

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