The role of γ-glutamyl transpeptidase in the biosynthesis of glutathione

BioFactors

Volumn 17, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 139-149

  Stark, Avishay Abraham ^a   Porat, Noga ^a   Volohonsky, Gloria ^a,b   Komlosh, Arthur ^a   Bluvshtein, Evgenia ^a   Tubi, Chen ^a   Steinberg, Pablo ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINYLGLYCINE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE SYNTHASE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOMA; CELL GROWTH; CELL LINE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME ASSAY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; INHIBITION KINETICS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROSOME MEMBRANE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

EID: 0142075884     PISSN: 09516433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biof.5520170114     Document Type: Conference Paper

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