Effects of thyroxine on L-cysteine desulfuration in mouse liver

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-14

  Wróbel, Maria ^a,b   Ubuka, Toshihiko ^a,c   Yao, Wen Bin ^a,d   Abe, Tadashi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c KAWASAKI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL WELFARE   (Japan)

^d CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

3 mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase; Cystathionase; Rhodanese; Sulfane sulfur; Thyroxine

Indexed keywords

3 MERCAPTOPYRUVIC ACID; 3-MERCAPTOPYRUVIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; CYSTEINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; SULFURTRANSFERASE; THIOSULFATE SULFURTRANSFERASE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; LIVER; METABOLISM; MOUSE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA-LYASE; CYSTEINE; FEMALE; LIVER; MICE; SULFURTRANSFERASES; THIOSULFATE SULFURTRANSFERASE; THYROXINE;

EID: 0039333239     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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