Follow the Urea Cycle The Urea Cycle begins when _______________ reacts with Ornithine to form Citrulline; this occurs in the part of the cell called the _______________. The Citrulline is then transported into the part of the cell called the _______________ _______________. This Citrulline then reacts with the molecule called _______________, which just came from the part of the cell called the _______________. These two combined molecules then get converted into Arginine, which is the immediate precursor of the final molecule called _______________, which is now ready to leave from the part of the cell called the _______________ and enter _______________.
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