Glutathione transferase zeta-catalyzed biotransformation of dichloroacetic acid and other α-haloacids

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1332-1338

  Tong, Zeen ^a,c   Board, Philip G ^b   Anders, M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Biology and Environment   (Australia)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICHLOROACETIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HALOACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CYTOSOL; DICHLOROACETATE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GLYCOLATES; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISOENZYMES; KINETICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICE; RATS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031741776     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx980144f     Document Type: Article

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