Enzymatic Methylation of Arsenic Compounds: Assay, Partial Purification, and Properties of Arsenite Methyltransferase and Monomethylarsonic Acid Methyltransferase of Rabbit Liver

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 1995, Pages 1029-1038

  Zakharyan, Robert ^a   Wu, Yuan ^a   Bogdan, Gregory M ^a   Aposhian, H Vasken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC ACID; ARSENIC DERIVATIVE; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; METHANEARSONIC ACID; METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; LIVER; MALE; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; RABBIT;

ANIMAL; ARSENICALS; ARSENITES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIVER; MALE; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; RABBITS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0028861888     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: 15205010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx00050a006     Document Type: Article

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