Comparison of the Urea Cycle in Conventional and Germ-Free Mice
- 1 October 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Journal of Biochemistry
- Vol. 88 (5) , 1563-1566
- https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a133128
Abstract
The urea cycle in the liver of conventional mice was compared with that of germ-free mice. Among the urea cycle enzymes and urea cycle-related substances, only ornithine in the liver of the conventional mice was markedly more abundant than in that of the germ-free mice. The significance of this finding was supported by the comparison of the urea synthesis in the liver slices from these two types of mice.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit: