Expression of γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase during development

Pediatric Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 266-270

  Levonen, Anna Liisa ^a   Lapatto, Risto ^a,b   Saksela, Mika ^a   Raivio, Kari O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FETUS; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY; LEUKOCYTE; LIVER; LUNG; LUNG LAVAGE; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 0033984822     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-200002000-00019     Document Type: Article

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