Alkylation of human serum albumin by sulfur mustard in vitro and in vivo: Mass spectrometric analysis of a cysteine adduct as a sensitive biomarker of exposure

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 715-721

  Noort, Daan ^a   Hulst, Albert G ^a   De Jong, Leo P A ^a   Benschop, Hendrik P ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; CYSTEINE; MUSTARD GAS; PRONASE; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; IRAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY;

ALKYLATING AGENTS; ALKYLATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSTARD GAS; PROTEIN BINDING; SERUM ALBUMIN; TRYPSIN;

EID: 0032793485     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx9900369     Document Type: Article

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