Regulation of γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase expression in response to oxidative stress

Free Radical Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 325-334

  Kondo, Takahito ^a   Higashiyama, Yasuhito ^a   Goto, Shinji ^a   Iida, Tetsuya ^a   Cho, Sungsam ^a   Iwanaga, Mitsuto ^a   Mori, Katsuharu ^a   Tani, Masaharu ^a   Urata, Yoshishige ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

glutamylcysteine synthetase; Diabetes mellitus; Ionizing radiation; NF B; TNF

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEAT SHOCK; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IONIZING RADIATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUTAMATE-CYSTEINE LIGASE; HUMANS; NF-KAPPA B; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032872852     PISSN: 10715762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10715769900300891     Document Type: Conference Paper

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