Elevated hepatic γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase activity and abnormal sulfate levels in liver and muscle tissue may explain abnormal cysteine and glutathione levels in SIV-infected rhesus macaques I

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 12, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 1639-1641

  Groß, Andrea ^a   Hack, Volker ^a   Stahl Hennig, Christiane ^b   Dröge, Wulf ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; SULFATE; UREA;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIVER; MACACA; NITROGEN BALANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; UREA CYCLE;

EID: 0030457787     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.1996.12.1639     Document Type: Article

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