Mechanistic imperatives for the evolution of glutathione transferases

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 618-623

  Armstrong, Richard N ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2,3,5,6 TETRACHLOROHYDROQUINONE; 2,3,5,6-TETRACHLOROHYDROQUINONE; 3-FLUOROTYROSINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLUOROTYROSINE; FOSFOMYCIN; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYDROQUINONE DERIVATIVE; LEUKOTRIENE C4 SYNTHASE; LEUKOTRIENE-C4 SYNTHASE; METALLOPROTEIN; TYROSINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; REVIEW;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATALYSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; EVOLUTION; FOSFOMYCIN; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYDROQUINONES; METALLOPROTEINS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; TYROSINE;

EID: 0032175008     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(98)80093-8     Document Type: Article

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