Glutathione synthetase is dispensable for growth under both normal and oxidative stress conditions in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae due to an accumulation of the dipeptide γ-glutamylcysteine

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1699-1707

  Grant, Chris M ^a   MacIver, Fiona H ^a   Dawes, Ian W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLCYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE ISOLATION; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030747207     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.8.9.1699     Document Type: Article

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