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Glutamine synthetase is essential for proliferation of fetal skin fibroblasts.
Archives of biochemistry and biophysics - 1 Oct 2008
Vermeulen T, Görg B, Vogl T, Wolf M, Varga G, Toutain A, Paul R, Schliess F, Häussinger D, Häberle J
Abstract excerpt
Background. Glutamine synthetase (GS) is ubiquitously expressed in the human and plays a major role for many metabolic pathways. However, little is known about its role during the fetal period. Methods. Cultured skin fibroblasts derived from an aborted fetus deficient in GS activity due to a R324C exchange as well as fetal and mature controls were used to determine the level of GS-expression, apoptosis, and...
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