Cloning of rat dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase and correlation of its mRNA increase in the rat liver with age

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 537-546

  Kimura, Masahiro ^a   Fujimoto Sakata, Shigeko ^a   Matoba, Yasuhiro ^a   Matsuda, Koichi ^a   Kontani, Yasuhide ^a   Kaneko, Masae ^a   Tamaki, Nanaya ^a  

^a KOBE GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age; Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase; Glucocorticoids; Nucleotide sequence (rat); Pyrimidine degradation

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIHYDROPYRIMIDINE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; MESSENGER RNA; PYRIMIDINE;

ADRENALECTOMY; AGE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIVER; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; RAT;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031710811     PISSN: 03014800     EISSN: 18817742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.44.537     Document Type: Article

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