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Regulation of prostaglandin synthesis and cell adhesion by a tryptophan catabolizing enzyme
BACKGROUND: The tryptophan catabolizing enzyme, indoleamine 2,3, dioxygenase (IDO) is one of two mammalian enzymes, which can catabolize the rarest essential amino acid, tryptophan. IDO is inducible by cytokines such as interferon-γ and plays a role in inflammation and maternal tolerance of fetal al...
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BioMed Central
2001
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC31925/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11375052 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2091-2-5 |