The selenium requirement for glutathione peroxidase mRNA level is half of the selenium requirement for glutathione peroxidase activity in female rats

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2260-2267

  Weiss, Sherri L ^a   Evenson, Jacqueline K ^a   Thompson, Kevin M ^a   Sunde, Roger A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

gene expression; glutathione peroxidase; nutrient requirements; rats; selenium

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MESSENGER RNA; SELENIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; GROWTH REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029833949     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/126.9.2260     Document Type: Article

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