Quantitative analysis of lactase-phlorizin hydrolase expression in the absorptive enterocytes of newborn rat small intestine

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 341-348

  Estrada, G ^a   Krasinski, S D ^b   Montgomery, R K ^b   Grand, R J ^b   Garcia Valero J ^a   Lopez Tejero M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISACCHARIDASE; HYDROLASE; LACTASE; PHLORIZIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTESTINE CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REGIONALIZATION;

ABSORPTION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; GLYCOSYLCERAMIDASE; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINE, SMALL; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RIBONUCLEASES; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0029915253     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4652(199605)167:2<341::AID-JCP19>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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