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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
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Fields of Study > biochemistry > biochemical pathways > urea cycle
Preferred Term:

urea cycle

Definition:
The sequence of reactions by which arginine is synthesized from ornithine, then cleaved to yield urea and regenerate ornithine.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
biochemical pathways
Related Concepts:
Entry Terms:
  • ornithine cycle
  • ornithine-urea cycle
  • Krebs-Henseleit cycle
  • Krebs-Henseleit pathway
  • urea biosynthesis
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/293111
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