Glutathione is an important antioxidant molecule in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 141, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 207-212

  Stephen, Duncan W S ^a   Jamieson, Derek J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive stress response; Glutathione; Oxidative stress; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; DNA; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE;

ARTICLE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030222083     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00223-6     Document Type: Article

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