Gene expression of enzymes required for the de novo synthesis and degradation of pyrimidines in rat peripheral tissues and brain

Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1147-1154

  Gerlach, Johannes ^a   Löffler, Monika ^a   Schäfer, Martin K H ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CAD; Dihydroorotate dehydrogenase; Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase; Gene expression; Uridine monophosphate synthase

Indexed keywords

CASPASE ACTIVATED DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DIHYDROOROTATE DEHYDROGENASE; DIHYDROPYRIMIDINE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PYRIMIDINE SYNTHESIS; RAT; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DIHYDROURACIL DEHYDROGENASE (NADP); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; MALE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PYRIMIDINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

RATTUS;

EID: 84855863046     PISSN: 15257770     EISSN: 15322335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15257770.2011.603712     Document Type: Article

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