Changes in methionine adenosyltransferase during liver regeneration in the rat

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 275, Issue 1 38-1, 1998, Pages

  Huang, Zong Zhi ^a   Mao, Zebin ^a   Cai, Jiaxin ^a   Lu, Shelly C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deoxyribonucleic acid methylation; MAT1A; MAT2A; S adenosylhomocysteine; S adenosylmethionine

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMANITIN; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; DNA; MESSENGER RNA; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031878160     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1998.275.1.g14     Document Type: Article

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