Expression of rat gene for l-gulono-γ-lactone oxidase, the key enzyme of l-ascorbic acid biosynthesis, in guinea pig cells and in teleost fish rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1381, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 241-248

  Krasnov, Aleksei ^a   Reinisalo, Mika ^a   Pitkänen, Tiina I ^a   Nishikimi, Morimitsu ^b   Mölsä, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Expression; Guinea pig; l Gulono lactone oxidase; Rainbow trout; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; GULONOLACTONE OXIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GUINEA PIG; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; TELEOST; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ASCORBIC ACID; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; BASE SEQUENCE; DIET; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GUINEA PIGS; L-GULONOLACTONE OXIDASE; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; SCURVY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUGAR ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASES;

EID: 0031926833     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4165(98)00037-3     Document Type: Article

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