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Neonatal Protein Metabolism

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Principles of Perinatal-Neonatal Metabolism

Abstract

All living matter is based on the existence of protein. Protein plays an important role as the structural element of cells and extracellular matter, as the essential component of enzymes and hormones, as antibodies, and as many other endogenous compounds. Together with nucleic acids, protein forms inheritance factors that precisely reproduce the composition of numerous body proteins. Even minute changes in these factors can lead to severe disruption of protein metabolism.

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Heine, W. (1991). Neonatal Protein Metabolism. In: Cowett, R.M. (eds) Principles of Perinatal-Neonatal Metabolism. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0400-5_22

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