Presence of argininosuccinate synthetase in glial cells as revealed by peptide-specific antisera

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 378, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-50

  Schmidlin, Andreas ^a   Kalbacher, Hubert ^a   Wiesinger, Heinrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arginine; Cell culture; Glioma; Interferon; Lipopolysaccharide; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; ARGININE; ARGININOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GAMMA INTERFERON; LIVER ENZYME; NITRIC OXIDE; PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; GLIA CELL; GLIOMA CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIVER HOMOGENATE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031045504     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bchm.1997.378.1.47     Document Type: Article

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