Molecular cloning, expression and characterization of mouse leukotriene C4 synthase

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 238, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 606-612

  Lam, Bing K ^a,b,e   Penrose, John F ^a,b   Rokach, Joshua ^c,d   Xu, Kongyi ^a,b   Baldasaro, Mathew H ^a,b   Austen, K Frank ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Claude Pepper Institute   (United States)

^d Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

^e Seeley G Mudd Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

cloning; enzyme; kinetics; leukotriene

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; LEUKOTRIENE A4; LEUKOTRIENE C4; SYNTHETASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030059166     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0606w.x     Document Type: Article

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