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7504422 
Journal Article 
The activity of carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase I and ornithine carbamoyltransferase (OCT) in the intestine and screening for OCT deficiency in the rectal Mucosa 
Matsushima, A; Orii, T 
1981 
Yes 
Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease
ISSN: 0141-8955
EISSN: 1573-2665 
Kluwer Academic Publishers 
83-84 
English 
Carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase I and ornithine carbamoyltransferase are present in small intestine and rectum. Rectal mucosa may be used in the detection of ornithine carbamoyltransferase deficiency. © 1981 MTP Press Limited. 
ammonia; carbamoyl phosphate synthase; ligase; ornithine carbamoyltransferase; carbamate kinase; enzyme; ornithine carbamoyltransferase; article; blood; child; disorders of amino acid and protein metabolism; enzymology; female; human; intestine; intestine mucosa; metabolism; nutritional deficiency; preschool child; rectum; case report; diagnosis; enzyme deficiency; heredity; human cell; large intestine; mucosa; normal human; rectum; small intestine; Amino Acid Metabolism, Inborn Errors; Ammonia; Carbamoyl-Phosphate Synthase (Ammonia); Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Human; Intestinal Mucosa; Intestines; Ligases; Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase; Rectum