Expression of human arginine decarboxylase, the biosynthetic enzyme for agmatine

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1670, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 156-164

  Zhu, Meng Yang ^a   Iyo, Abiye ^a   Piletz, John E ^a   Regunathan, Soundar ^a  

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

Author keywords

Agmatine; Arginine; Arginine decarboxylase; Ornithine decarboxylase; Polyamine

Indexed keywords

AGMATINE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE DECARBOXYLASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENZYME; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN REGION; DECARBOXYLATION; DNA TRANSFECTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCREENING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 1642450643     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2003.11.006     Document Type: Article

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