Bilirubin glucuronidation revisited: Proper assay conditions to estimate enzyme kinetics with recombinant UGT1A1

Drug Metabolism and Disposition

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1907-1911

  Zhou, Jin ^a   Tracy, Timothy S ^b   Remmel, Rory P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 1A1; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GALACTOSE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME KINETICS; GLUCURONIDATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GLUCURONIDES; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; KINETICS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFECTION; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCURONIC ACID;

EID: 78049358974     PISSN: 00909556     EISSN: 1521009X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/dmd.110.033829     Document Type: Article

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