Use of dipeptides for the synthesis of glutathione by astroglia-rich primary cultures

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 868-874

  Dringen, Ralf ^a   Kranich, Oliver ^a   Löschmann, Peter Andreas ^b   Hamprecht, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astroglia; Cysteinylglycine; Dipeptides; Glutathione; Uptake; Glutamylcysteine

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; CYSTEINE; DIPEPTIDE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLCYSTEINE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; MACROGLIA; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030749694     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1997.69020868.x     Document Type: Article

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