Utilization of cysteine and cysteine precursors for the synthesis of glutathione in astroglial cultures: Preference for cystine

GLIA

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-18

  Kranich, Oliver ^a   Dringen, Ralf ^a   Sandberg, Mats ^b   Hamprecht, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cystathionine; Cystine; Homocysteine; Methionine; N acetylcysteine; Oxoprolinase

Indexed keywords

2 OXO 4 THIAZOLIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID; 2-OXOTHIAZOLIDINE-4-CARBOXYLIC ACID; CYSTATHIONINE; CYSTEINE; CYSTINE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; METHIONINE; NERVE PROTEIN; PYROGLUTAMIC ACID; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; THIAZOLIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; BRAIN LEVEL; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CYSTATHIONINE; CYSTEINE; CYSTINE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; METHIONINE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PYRROLIDONECARBOXYLIC ACID; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THIAZOLES; THIAZOLIDINES;

EID: 0031984256     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(199801)22:1<11::AID-GLIA2>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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