Open AccessA Marriage of Old and New: Chemostats and Microarrays Identify a New Model System for Ammonium Toxicity
Author(s) -
Michael Lorenz
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
plos biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.127
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1545-7885
pISSN - 1544-9173
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040388
Subject(s) - ammonium , biology , ammonia , metabolite , nitrogen cycle , biochemistry , glutamine , metabolism , urea , hyperammonemia , urea cycle , toxicity , nitrogen , amino acid , arginine , chemistry , organic chemistry
Toxicity is related to an organism's ability to rid itself of the offending molecules. This primer provides insights into how this can be monitored by highlighting the case of ammonium toxicity.