Growth-Dependent Variations in Antioxidant and Redox Enzyme Activities of Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 278-283

  Cho, Young Wook ^a   Park, Eun Hee ^b   Ahn, Ki Sup ^c   Kim, Daemyung ^d   Lim, Chang Jin ^a  

^a Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^b Sookmyung Women's University   (South Korea)

^c Chonan College of Foreign Studies   (South Korea)

^d Chongju University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Catalase; Fission yeast; Glutathione; Glutathione s transferase; Peroxidase; Schizosaccharomyces pombe; Thioltransferase; Thioredoxin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035592904     PISSN: 12258687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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