Determination of glutamate-cysteine ligase (γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase) activity by high-performance liquid chromatography and electrochemical detection

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 304, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 26-32

  Gegg, Matthew E ^a   Clark, John B ^a   Heales, Simon J R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Electrochemical detection; Glutamate cysteine ligase; High performance liquid chromatography

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOSYNTHESIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUIDS; MOLECULES;

ASTROCYTES; DIRECT DETECTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; GLUTAMATE-CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTAMYLCYSTEINE; LOW MOLECULAR MASS; RATE-LIMITING STEPS; SPECIFIC ACTIVITY;

CHEMICAL DETECTION;

ANTIOXIDANT; GAMMA GLUTAMYLCYSTEINE; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; THIOL; TRIPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL CULTURE; DERIVATIZATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0036570575     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/abio.2001.5607     Document Type: Article

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