Hepatic zonation of carbon and nitrogen fluxes derived from glutamine and ammonia transformations

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Glutaminase predominates in periportal hepatocytes and it has been proposed that it determines the glutamine-derived nitrogen flow through the urea cycle. Glutamine-derived urea production should, thus, be considerably faster in peri...

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Main Authors: Constantin Jorgete, Suzuki-Kemmelmeier Fumie, Comar Jurandir F, Bracht Adelar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-01-01
Series:Journal of Biomedical Science
Online Access:http://www.jbiomedsci.com/content/17/1/1