Assertion: glycine's effect | /r/AtLocation | terms of a
Facets:
value: currently
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Skin cells and nerve cells and many other cells are electrically stabilized by glycine, and this effect is currently being described in terms of a chloride current. A variety of mechanisms have been proposed for the protective effects of some of the amino acids, based on their use as energy or for other metabolic purpose, but there is evidence that glycine and alanine act protectively without being metabolized, simply by their physical properties.