Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An amino acid, C5H12N2O2, not found in proteins, formed by hydrolyzing arginine and important in the formation of urea.
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- noun biochemistry An
amino acid , 2,5-diaminopentanoic acid, that is not present inprotein , but is an intermediate in thebiosynthesis ofurea .
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- noun an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is important in the formation of urea
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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DFMO is an inhibitor that specifically targets a key protein called ornithine decarboxylase
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The most common of the disorders is called ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency (OTC), with a prevalence of around one in 30,000, said Dr. Mark Batshaw, principal investigator of the Urea Cycle Disorders Consortium, part of the NIH's Office of Rare Diseases Research Network.
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DFMO is an inhibitor that specifically targets a key protein called ornithine decarboxylase
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Such issues include Jesse Gelsinger20 suffered from a rare genetic disorder called ornithine transcarbamylase de fi - exotic therapies versus cheaper more widely ciency, which, while requiring cumbersome treat - useful therapies; ment with diet and drugs, was not a life-threatening disorder for him.
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Aminoacidopathies (maple syrup urine disease; homocystinuria; cobalamin deficiencies; tyrosinemia; urea cycle defects (ornithine transcarbamylase, carbamyl phosphate synthase, citrullinemia, argininosuccinic aciduria, arginase deficiencies) and non-ketotic hyperglycinemia)
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Jesse was participating in a gene therapy trial for ornithine transcarboxylase deficiency (OTCD).
Gene Therapy Novel Therapeutic Branch of Modern Medicine 2008
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It stimulates your release of growth hormone and ornithine decarboxylase enzymes.
Diary Palahniuk, Chuck 2003
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The major immune system and human growth hormone stimulants are the amino acids lysine, arginine, and ornithine.
The New Super-Nutrition Ph.D. Richard A. Passwater 1991
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The major immune system and human growth hormone stimulants are the amino acids lysine, arginine, and ornithine.
The New Super-Nutrition Ph.D. Richard A. Passwater 1991
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D. Dakin he investigated arginase, the ferment which hydrolyses arginine into urea and ornithine, and later he discovered agmatine in herring roe and devised a method for preparing it.
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