Characterization of a cadmium-inducible isoform of pyruvate carboxylase from Caenorhabditis elegans

Mitochondrial DNA

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 137-145

  Liao, Vivian Hsiu Chuan ^a   Freedman, Jonathan H ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biotin; cadmium; Caenorhabditis elegnns; nematode; pyruvate carboxylase; transcarboxylation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CADMIUM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035209841     PISSN: 19401736     EISSN: 19401744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10425170109047568     Document Type: Article

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