Differences in activities of the enzymes of nucleotide metabolism and its implications for cardiac xenotransplantation

Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids

Volumn 25, Issue 9-11, 2006, Pages 1221-1224

  Yuen, A H Y ^a   Khalpey, Z ^a   Lavitrano, M ^b   McGregor, C G A ^c   Kalsi, K K ^a   Yacoub, M H ^a   Smolenski, R T ^a,d  

^a HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ecto 5 nucleotidase; Purine metabolism; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

ECTO 5' NUCLEOTIDASE; NUCLEOTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABOON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEART GRAFT; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PURINE METABOLISM; RAT; SWINE; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

5'-NUCLEOTIDASE; ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; AMP DEAMINASE; ANIMALS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MICE; NUCLEOTIDES; PAPIO; PURINE-NUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHORYLASE; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

ANIMALIA; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33750458715     PISSN: 15257770     EISSN: 15322335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15257770600894204     Document Type: Article

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