Purification and partial structural characterization of a fatty acid- binding protein from the liver of the South American armadillo Chaetophractus villosus

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 173-180

  Cavagnari, Brian M ^b   Córdoba, Osvaldo L ^a   Affanni, Jorge M ^b   Santomé, José A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Inst de Neurociencia CONICET UBA   (Argentina)

^c Instituto de Quimica y Fisicoquimica Biologicas Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Amino acid sequence; Armadillo; Chaetophractus villosus; Fatty acid binding proteins; L FABP; Liver; Molecular evolution; Sequence comparison

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARMADILLO; ARTICLE; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0030859724     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(97)00052-7     Document Type: Article

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