Strain- and sex-specific variations in hepatic glutamine synthetase activity and distribution in rats and mice

Liver

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 166-173

  Sirma, Hüseyin ^a   Williams, Gary M ^b   Gebhardt, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b AMERICAN HEALTH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

6 phosphate dehydrogenase; Dexamethasone; Estrogen; Glucose; Glutamine synthetase; Growth hormone; Immunohistochemistry; Lobular heterogeneity; Primary culture; Rat and mouse liver; Sex difference; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; ESTROGEN; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GROWTH HORMONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL CULTURE; CELL STIMULATION; CENTRAL VEIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; LIVER CELL; MALE; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029741715     PISSN: 01069543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0676.1996.tb00723.x     Document Type: Article

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