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. 1984 Sep 15;222(3):837–838. doi: 10.1042/bj2220837

N-Acetylglutamate in rat liver during foetal development.

M Van Dijk, P Lund
PMCID: PMC1144251  PMID: 6487275

Abstract

N-Acetylglutamate is present in foetal rat liver at 17 days' gestation. The tissue content (approx. 50 nmol/g wet wt.) remains constant during later foetal life. The appearance of N-acetylglutamate does not parallel the developmental pattern of the urea cycle.

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