Expression and intracellular localization of catechol O-methyltransferase in transfected mammalian cells

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 243, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 452-459

  Ulmanen, Ismo ^a   Peränen, Johan ^b   Tenhunen, Jukka ^a   Tilgmann, Carola ^a   Karhunen, Tuula ^c   Panula, Pertti ^c   Bernasconi, Lilia ^d   Aubry, Jean Piere ^d   Lundström, Kenneth ^d  

^a ORION CORPORATION   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catecholamine; Immunocytochemistry; Nucleus; Recombinant protein; Rough endoplasmic reticulum

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CELL LINE; CELL STRAIN COS1; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIOMA CELL; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIVER; MAMMAL CELL; MEMBRANE BINDING; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SEMLIKI FOREST ALPHAVIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0031037713     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.0452a.x     Document Type: Article

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