Glutathione transferases and glutathione-binding proteins of termites: Purification and characterisation

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 617-625

  Haritos, Victoria S ^a   Butty, Jill S ^a   Brennan, Sue E ^a   French, John R J ^b   Ahokas, Jorma T ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Glutathione transferases; Isozymes; Termites

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INSECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; INSECTS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030158646     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(96)00019-7     Document Type: Article

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