Cellular thioredoxin reductase activity is regulated by selenium

Anticancer Research

Volumn 17, Issue 5 A, 1997, Pages 3377-3380

  Berggren, Margareta ^a   Gallegos, Alfred ^a   Gasdaska, John ^a   Powis, Garth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Glutathione reductase; Selenium; Thioredoxin reductase

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; SELENIUM; SODIUM SELENITE; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HT29; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIVISION; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CYSTEINE; HUMANS; ORGANOSELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SELENIUM; SELENOMETHIONINE; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE (NADPH); TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030813617     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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