Multi-faceted regulation of γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 163-170

  Soltaninassab, Syrus R ^a   Sekhar, Konjeti R ^a   Meredith, Michael J ^b   Freeman, Michael L ^a,c  

^a VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; METALLOPROTEIN; THERMOLYSIN; ZINC;

CELL METABOLISM; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL PHYSIOLOGY; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUTAMATE-CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033961442     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4652(200002)182:2<163::AID-JCP4>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Review

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