The urea cycle: An anabolic steroid for diatoms

Wednesday, May 11, 2011 - 12:30 in Biology & Nature

The urea cycle is a metabolic pathway used in mammals to incorporate excess nitrogen into urea and remove it from the body. However, it appears to play a far more wide-ranging role in the group of algae known as diatoms.

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