Kinetic studies of hepatocyte UDP-glucuronosyltransferase: Evidence of an allosteric enzyme

Artificial Cells, Blood Substitutes, and Immobilization Biotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 343-356

  Bruni, Silvia ^a   Chang, T M S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CELLS; DISSOCIATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OLIGOMERS; PIGMENTS; RATE CONSTANTS;

BILIRUBIN; HEPATOCYTES; HILL COEFFICIENT; HILL EQUATION;

ENZYME KINETICS;

BILIRUBIN; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; OLIGOMER;

ALLOSTERISM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BINDING; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; LIVER CELL; MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032789591     PISSN: 10731199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10731199909117704     Document Type: Article

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