Purification and characterisation of hepatic glutathione transferases from a herbivorous marsupial, the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 467-475

  Bolton, R M ^a   Ahokas, J T ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; brushtail possum; Eucalyptus; glutathione transferase; marsupial; Trichosurus vulpecula

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; ISOENZYME;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; INSECT; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALOPIAS; ANIMALIA; EUCALYPTUS; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 0030998497     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(96)00260-X     Document Type: Article

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