Different preferences in the utilization of amino acids for glutathione synthesis in cultured neurons and astroglial cells derived from rat brain

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 219, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 211-214

  Kranich, Oliver ^a   Hamprecht, Bernd ^a   Dringen, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cysteine; Cystine; Glutamate; Glutamine; Primary cultures

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; CYSTINE; GLUTAMINE; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; CYSTEINE; CYSTINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLUTATHIONE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0030606289     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(96)13217-1     Document Type: Article

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