Purification and properties of hepatic glutamine synthetases from the ureotelic gulf toadfish, Opsanus beta

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 523-532

  Walsh, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

glutamine synthetase; gulf toadfish; liver; methionine sulfoximine; mitochondria; Opsanus beta; ornithine urea cycle; ureagenesis

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; ISOENZYME;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FISH; GEL FILTRATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030476710     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(96)00197-6     Document Type: Article

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