Down-regulation of γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase regulatory subunit gene expression in rat brain tissue during aging

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 344-351

  Liu, Rui Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

glutamylcysteine synthetase; Aging; Brain; Glutathione; Glutathione synthetase

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE SYNTHASE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CYSTEINE; DIPEPTIDES; DOWN-REGULATION; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE SYNTHASE; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0036570038     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10217     Document Type: Article

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