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CrosstalkBiologyKynurenineGut floraTryptophanMetabolismKynurenine pathwayDiseaseHuman healthComputational biologyMicrobiologyAmino acidBiochemistry
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- 6
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Allison Agus,
Julien Planchais,
Harry Sokol
(2018).
Gut Microbiota Regulation of Tryptophan Metabolism in Health and Disease.
Cell Host & Microbe
, 23
(6)
, 716-724.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2018.05.003
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- 10.1016/j.chom.2018.05.003