Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental
Volume 44, Issue 6 , Pages 719-724 , June 1995

Role of membrane transport in interorgan amino acid flow between muscle and small intestine

  • Gianni Biolo

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Internal Medicine, Surgery, and Anesthesiology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
    • Shriners Burns Institute, Galveston, TX, USA
    • ,
  • Xiao-Jun Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Internal Medicine, Surgery, and Anesthesiology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
    • Shriners Burns Institute, Galveston, TX, USA
    • ,
  • Robert R. Wolfe

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Robert R. Wolfe, PhD, Shriners Burns Institute, 815 Market St, Galveston, TX 77550.
    • Departments of Internal Medicine, Surgery, and Anesthesiology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
    • Shriners Burns Institute, Galveston, TX, USA

Received 7 September 1993 ,Accepted 30 October 1994.

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☆ Supported by National Institutes of Health Grant No. DK 38010-05, General Clinical Research Center Grant No. 00073, and The Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children Grant No. 15894.

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Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental
Volume 44, Issue 6 , Pages 719-724 , June 1995

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