Superoxide and iron: Partners in crime

IUBMB Life

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 157-161

  Liochev, Stefan I ^a   Fridovich, Irwin ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dehydratases; Hydroxyl radical; Iron homeostasis; Iron sulfur clusters; Peroxynitrite; Superoxide anion radical; Superoxide dismutases

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; PEROXYNITRITE; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HOMEOSTASIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; HOMEOSTASIS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; NITRATES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SUPEROXIDES;

EID: 0032732998     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/152165499307161     Document Type: Article

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