Ascorbate-dependent expression of ubiquitin genes in guinea pigs

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 575-582

  Mizutani, Akifumi ^a   Nakagawa, Nobuaki ^a   Hitomi, Kiyotaka ^a   Tsukagoshi, Norihiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascorbate; Guinea pig; Subtracted cDNA library; Ubiquitin expression; Ubiquitin genes

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; POLYUBIQUITIN; UBIQUITIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA LIBRARY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GUINEA PIG; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; SPLEEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RNA, MESSENGER; SPLEEN; UBIQUITINS;

EID: 0030909081     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1357-2725(96)00177-X     Document Type: Article

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