Age-associated decline in γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase gene expression in rats

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 566-574

  Liu, Rui Ming ^a   Choi, Jinah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

glutamylcysteine synthetase; Aging; Cortisol; Gene expression; Glutathione; Glutathione biosynthesis; Insulin; Rat

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE INJURY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGING; ANIMALS; ERYTHROCYTES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUTAMATE-CYSTEINE LIGASE; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 0034652426     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(99)00269-5     Document Type: Article

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