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Studies on the structure and metabolism of glycogen in some abnormal human infants
- Publication Year :
- 1971
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Abstract
- 1. The liver and muscle tissues of 14 human anencephalic babies were examined for glycogen content and structure, and for the activities of several glycogen-metabolizing enzymes. 2. In both tissues glycogen content increased with gestation age; the muscle glycogens had a slightly but significantly lower degree of branching than the corresponding liver glycogens. 3. All the expected glycogen-metabolizing enzymes were present; acid maltase activities were higher and phosphoglucomutase activities were lower than the results reported for human adult tissues. Glucose 6-phosphatase activity increased significantly with gestation age.
- Subjects :
- History
medicine.medical_specialty
Glycoside Hydrolases
Gestational Age
Biology
Education
chemistry.chemical_compound
Fetus
Internal medicine
medicine
Humans
chemistry.chemical_classification
Anencephaly
Glycogen
Muscles
Infant, Newborn
Metabolism
Articles
Computer Science Applications
Liver Glycogen
Enzyme
Endocrinology
chemistry
Liver
Phosphoglucomutase
Glucosyltransferases
Glucose-6-Phosphatase
Gestation
Maltase
Glucosidases
Lower degree
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....50cdf8fc40235bbbe8bae21278046d17