Xenobiotic biotransforming enzymes in the central nervous system: An isoform of flavin-containing monooxygenase (FMO4) is expressed in rabbit brain

Chemico-Biological Interactions

Volumn 99, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 253-261

  Blake, Bonnie L ^a   Philpot, Richard M ^b   Levi, Patricia E ^a   Hodgson, Ernest ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Flavin containing monooxygenase; Metabolism; Xenobiotic

Indexed keywords

DRUG METABOLIZING ENZYME; ISOENZYME; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBIT;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030061960     PISSN: 00092797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2797(95)03679-2     Document Type: Article

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