Human type II arginase: Sequence analysis and tissue-specific expression

Gene

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 157-161

  Morris Jr , Sidney M ^a   Bhamidipati, Durga ^a   Kepka Lenhart, Diane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney; Mouse; Nitric oxide; Ornithine; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ARGINASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; RNA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTION; FUNGUS; GENE DUPLICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA HYBRIDIZATION; RNA PROCESSING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARGINASE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0343554767     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00099-1     Document Type: Article

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