Regulation of γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase subunit gene expression in retinal Muller cells by oxidative stress

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1776-1782

  Lu, Shelly C ^a   Bao, Yuzhou ^a   Huang, Zong Zhi ^a   Sarthy, Vijay P ^b   Kannan, Ram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALEIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME METABOLISM; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MUELLER CELL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETINA CELL;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUTAMATE-CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROQUINONES; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALEATES; NEUROGLIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINA; RNA, MESSENGER; SIMIAN VIRUS 40;

EID: 0033064791     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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