Induction of glutamate-cysteine ligase (γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase) in the brains of adult female mice subchronically exposed to methylmercury

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 1-9

  Thompson, Sally A ^a,b   White, Collin C ^b   Krejsa, Cecile M ^b   Diaz, Dolores ^b   Woods, James S ^b   Eaton, David L ^b   Kavanagh, Terrance J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NIEH Ctr Ecogenetics E   (United States)

Author keywords

Glutamylcysteine synthetase; Glutamate cysteine ligase; Glutathione; Methylmercury; Mice

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; METHYLMERCURY; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME INDUCTION; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENZYME INDUCTION; FEMALE; GLUTAMATE-CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; KIDNEY; LIVER; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032741568     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(99)00133-2     Document Type: Article

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