Cloning of the bovine β-carotene-15,15′-oxygenase and expression in gonadal tissues

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-17

  Morales, Adriana ^a   Rosas, Antonio ^a   González, Adriana ^a   Antaramian, Anaid ^b   Varela Echavarría, Alfredo ^b   Shimada, Armando ^a   Mora, Ofelia ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

carotene; carotene oxygenase; Bovine; cDNA; Ovary; Testis; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE 15,15' OXYGENASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; OXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; COW; DNA ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GONAD; GRANULOSA CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TESTIS CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-CAROTENE 15,15'-MONOOXYGENASE; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULOSA CELLS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33646249401     PISSN: 03009831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/016214505000000961     Document Type: Article

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