Expression of glutamine synthetase in macrophages

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 415-421

  Bode, Johannes Georg ^a   Peters Regehr, Thorsten ^a   Kubitz, Ralf ^a   Häussinger, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glutamine metabolism; Monocytes; Sinusoidal endothelial cells

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER SINUSOID; MALE; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034056526     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215540004800311     Document Type: Article

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