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Biochim Biophys Acta
; 716(3): 439-42, 1982 Jun 16.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-6126220
ABSTRACT
L-Ornithine decarboxylase activity is higher in enterocytes from rats fed low protein rather than high protein diets. Intestinal cell proliferation rate is 50% higher in rats fed high protein than low protein diets. This is not consistent with a direct role of ornithine decarboxylase in intestinal proliferation. It is shown that ornithine decarboxylase is preferentially associated with differentiating villus cells in intestine from rats fed low protein diets.