Distribution of phosphate-activated glutaminase isozymes in the chicken: absence from liver but presence of high activity in pectoralis muscle

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 285-290

  Wu, Guoyao ^a   Chung Bok, Myung Il ^b   Vincent, Nadine ^b   Kowalski, Timothy J ^b   Choi, Yeon Hee ^b   Watford, Malcolm ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Birds; Chickens; Glutaminase; Glutamine; Kidney; Liver; Skeletal muscle; Starvation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUTAMINASE; ISOENZYME;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STARVATION;

EID: 0031813624     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(98)10018-4     Document Type: Article

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