Variations in dietary protein but not in dietary fat plus cellulose or carbohydrate levels affect cysteine metabolism in rat isolated hepatocytes

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2179-2187

  Bella, Deborah L ^a   Kwon, Young Hye ^a   Stipanuk, Martha H ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

cysteine; cysteine dioxygenase; cysteinesulfinate decarboxylase; rats; glutamylcysteine synthetase

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLYASE; CYSTEIC ACID; CYSTEINE; CYSTEINE SYNTHASE; LIVER ENZYME; OXYGENASE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; LIPID DIET; LIVER METABOLISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INTAKE; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 9544250481     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/126.9.2179     Document Type: Article

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