Distribution of thioltransferase (glutaredoxin) in ocular tissues

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 476-480

  Wu, Fine ^a   Wang, Guo Ming ^a   Raghavachari, Nalini ^a   Lou, Marjorie F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THIOL DERIVATIVE; THIOLTRANSFERASE; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; COW; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EYE; LENS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; CATTLE; CONJUNCTIVA; EYE; EYE PROTEINS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PROTEIN DISULFIDE REDUCTASE (GLUTATHIONE); RABBITS; RETINA; RNA, MESSENGER; SWINE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UVEA; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0031887294     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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