Expression of arginase II and related enzymes in the rat small intestine and kidney

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 586-593

  Ozaki, Mikiko ^a   Gotoh, Tomomi ^a   Nagasaki, Akitoshi ^a   Miyanaka, Kei ^a   Takeya, Motohiro ^a   Fujiyama, Shigetoshi ^a   Tomita, Kimio ^a   Mori, Masataka ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arginase II; Kidney; Ornithine aminotransferase; Ornithine decarboxylase; Small intestine

Indexed keywords

ARGINASE; ARGININE; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; BUCLADESINE; CITRULLINE; COLLAGEN; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; DEXAMETHASONE; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; ORNITHINE; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; ORNITHINE OXOACID AMINOTRANSFERASE; POLYAMINE; PROLINE; UREA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; ILEUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JEJUNUM; KIDNEY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SMALL INTESTINE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032910378     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022324     Document Type: Article

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