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Distribution of NAD(P)H-dependent cytochrome P-450 mixed function oxidase system in the brush border membrane of
Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta
|July 3, 1975
Abstract:
Optical and magnetic studies were made on subfractions of rabbit kidney cortex. Cytochrome P-450 and cytochrome b5-dependent mixed function oxidase systems were localized mainly in the brush border membranes and microsomes. Cytochrome P-450-dependent mixed function oxidases in the membranes comprised both an NADPH-dependent system and an NADH-dependent system.
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