Distribution of microsomal glutathione transferase 1 in mammalian tissues: A predominant alternate first exon in human tissues

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 260, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 409-413

  Estonius, Mats ^a   Forsberg, Lena ^a   Danielsson, Olle ^a   Weinander, Rolf ^a   Kelner, Michael J ^b   Morgenstern, Ralf ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Karolinska Institutet ^*

Author keywords

Alternate exons; Extrahepatic; Microsomal glutathione transferase; MRNA expression

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EXON; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER; MAMMAL CELL; MICROSOME; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; EXONS; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MICROSOMES; MICROSOMES, LIVER; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033106138     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00165.x     Document Type: Article

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