Selenium biochemistry: Mammalian selenoenzymes

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 899, Issue , 2000, Pages 399-402

  Stadtman, Thressa C ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DISULFIDE; ENZYME; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; PEPTIDE; PYRIDINE NUCLEOTIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SELENIUM; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE;

ALKYLATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH;

EID: 0034046615     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb06203.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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