Isolation, characterization and expression of a human brain mitochondrial glutaminase cDNA

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 56-63

  Holcomb, Thomas ^a   Taylor, Lynn ^a   Trohkimoinen, Jeffrey ^a   Curthoys, Norman P ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Baculovirus expression; cDNA; Glutaminase; Mitochondria; Stroke

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUTAMINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CELL CULTURE; HUMAN; INSECT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STROKE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACULOVIRIDAE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CELL LINE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE LIBRARY; GLUTAMINASE; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPODOPTERA; TRANSFECTION;

SUIDAE; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0034629261     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(99)00331-9     Document Type: Article

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