Subcellular compartmentation of glutathione and glutathione precursors. A high resolution immunogold analysis of the outer retina of guinea pig

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 198, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 277-287

  Huster, Dominik ^a,b   Hjelle, Ole P ^a   Haug, Finn Mogens ^a   Nagelhus, Erlend A ^a   Reichelt, Winfried ^b   Ottersen, Ole P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

glutamylcysteine; Antioxidants; Immunocytochemistry; Mitochondria; Pigment epithelial cells

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CYSTEINE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLCYSTEINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; MITOCHONDRION; MUELLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT CELL; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA;

ANIMALS; CYSTEINE; DIPEPTIDES; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCINE; GUINEA PIGS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; RETINA;

EID: 0031752753     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004290050184     Document Type: Article

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