N-methylprotoporphyrin is a more potent inhibitor of recombinant human than of recombinant chicken ferrochelatase

Drug Metabolism and Disposition

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 373-375

  Gamble, Jeremy T ^a   Dailey, Harry A ^b   Marks, Gerald S ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROCHELATASE; PROTOPORPHYRIN; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHICKEN; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FERROCHELATASE; HUMANS; PROTOPORPHYRINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0034115485     PISSN: 00909556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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