Pivotal role of glutamine synthetase in ammonia detoxification

Hepatology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 281-293

  Hakvoort, Theodorus B M ^a   He, Youji ^a   Kulik, Wim ^a   Vermeulen, Jacqueline L M ^a   Duijst, Suzanne ^a   Ruijter, Jan M ^a   Runge, Jurgen H ^a   Deutz, Nicolaas E P ^b   Koehler, S Eleonore ^b   Lamers, Wouter H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINASE; GLUTAMINE; UREA; AMMONIUM BICARBONATE; BICARBONATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLEARANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; IN VIVO STUDY; JUGULAR VEIN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; UREA CYCLE; ANIMAL; DRUG INACTIVATION; LIVER; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BICARBONATES; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE; INACTIVATION, METABOLIC; LIVER; MICE;

EID: 85001759445     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.28852     Document Type: Article

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