The human neonatal small intestine has the potential for arginine synthesis; developmental changes in the expression of arginine-synthesizing and -catabolizing enzymes

The human neonatal small intestine has the potential for arginine synthesis; developmental changes in the expression of arginine-synthesizing and -catabolizing enzymes

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Milk contains too little arginine for normal growth, but its precursors proline and glutamine are abundant; the small intestine of rodents and piglets produces arginine from proline during the suckling period; and parenterally fed pr...

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Main Authors: Ruijter Jan M, Vermeulen Jacqueline LM, van Dijk Paul, van Ginneken Christa J, Sankaranarayanan Selvakumari, Köhler Eleonore S, Lamers Wouter H, Bruder Elisabeth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-11-01
Series:BMC Developmental Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-213X/8/107

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