Expression and characterization of a novel UDP-glucuronosyltransferase, UGT2B9, from cynomolgus monkey

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1195-1205

  Bélanger, Guy ^a   Beaulieu, Martin ^a   Lévesque, Eric ^a   Hum, Dean W ^a   Bélanger, Alain ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 NAPHTHOL; 4 NITROPHENOL; ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTERONE; BILE ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTRONE; EUGENOL; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; DNA LIBRARY; DNA PROBE; EMBRYO; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; GLUCURONIDATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEROID METABOLISM; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA; MACACA FASCICULARIS; SIMIA; SIMIAE;

EID: 0030669325     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dna.1997.16.1195     Document Type: Article

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