Evolution of Urate-Degrading Enzymes in Animal Peroxisomes

Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 32, Issue , 2000, Pages 123-129

  Hayashi, Sueko ^a   Fujiwara, Satoko ^a   Noguchi, Tomoo ^a  

^a KYUSHU DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allantoicase; Allantoinase; Allantoinase allantoicase complex; Animal evolution; Peroxisomes; Purine; Urate oxidase

Indexed keywords

ALLANTOICASE; ALLANTOINASE; AMIDASE; HYDROLASE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; URATE OXIDASE;

ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PEROXISOME; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PEROXISOMES; PURINES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; URATE OXIDASE; UREOHYDROLASES;

EID: 0034573311     PISSN: 10859195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/CBB:32:1-3:123     Document Type: Article

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