Cloning of rat and human kynurenine aminotransferase

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 398, Issue , 1996, Pages 449-454

  Mosca, M ^a   Cozzi, L ^a   Breton, J ^a   Avanzi, N ^a   Toma, S ^a   Okuno, E ^c   Schwarcz, R ^d   Speciale, C ^b   Magagnin, S ^b   Mostardini, M ^b   Benatti, L ^b  

^a BioScience Center   (Italy)

^b Nerviano Medical Sciences   (Italy)

^c WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMINE - PHENYLPYRUVATE TRANSAMINASE; GLUTAMINE PHENYLPYRUVATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; KYNURENINE OXOGLUTARATE TRANSAMINASE; KYNURENINE-OXOGLUTARATE TRANSAMINASE; LYASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; CELL STRAIN COS1; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COS CELLS; HUMANS; LYASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RATS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSAMINASES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0030346193     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-0381-7_70     Document Type: Article

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