Influence of gender on selenoprotein w, glutathione peroxidase and selenium in tissues of rats

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 151-155

  Yeh, J Y ^a   Ou, B R ^a,b   Gu, Q P ^a   Whanger, P D ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gender; Glutathione peroxidase; Northern blots; Rats; Selenium; Selenoprotein W; Western blots

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SELENIUM; SELENOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN; SPLEEN; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031911914     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(97)00298-8     Document Type: Article

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