Malic enzyme isoforms in astrocytes: Comparative study on activities in rat brain tissue and astroglia-rich primary cultures

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 247, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 123-126

  Vogel, R ^a   Hamprecht, B ^a   Wiesinger, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Glutathione; Isozymes; Metabolism; Neuron glia interaction; Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; ISOENZYME; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE (DECARBOXYLATING); NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; MACROGLIA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATOGRAPHY, DEAE-CELLULOSE; CYTOSOL; ISOENZYMES; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; MITOCHONDRIA; NADP; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0032524879     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00290-0     Document Type: Article

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