Cellular glutathione peroxidase protects mice against lethal oxidative stress induced by various doses of diquat

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 164-169

  Fu, Yangxin ^a   Cheng, Wen Hsing ^a   Ross, Deborah A ^a   Lei, Xin Gen ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CATALASE; DIQUAT; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYDROPEROXIDE; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMICAL BINDING; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIVER METABOLISM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; SURVIVAL TIME;

ANIMALS; CATALASE; DIQUAT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIVER; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REFERENCE VALUES; SELENIUM; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE (NADPH);

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032741195     PISSN: 00379727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1373.1999.d01-127.x     Document Type: Article

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