Cysteine control over glutathione homeostasis in Chinese hamster fibroblasts overexpressing a γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase activity

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 262, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 873-878

  Robert De Saint Vincent, Bruno ^a,b   Mousset, Simone ^a   Jacquemin Sablon, Alain ^a  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

glutamylcysteine synthetase; Anti cancer drug resistance; Cysteine; Glutathione

Indexed keywords

CARMUSTINE; CHLORAMBUCIL; CISPLATIN; CYSTEINE; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; MELPHALAN;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MUTANT; CHINESE HAMSTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEADY STATE;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONE CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; CYSTEINE; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENZYME PRECURSORS; FIBROBLASTS; GLUTAMATE-CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; HOMEOSTASIS; KINETICS; LUNG; METHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; MUTATION;

EID: 0033564021     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00449.x     Document Type: Article

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