Glutathione content and the activities of glutathione-synthesizing enzymes in fission yeast are modulated by oxidative stress

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 248-251

  Lee, Yuk Young ^a   Kim, Su Jung ^a   Park, Eun Hee ^b   Lim, Chang Jin ^a  

^a Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^b Sookmyung Women's University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

naphthoflavone; glutamylcysteine synthetase; Glutathione; Glutathione synthetase; Hydrogen peroxide; Schizosaccharomyces pombe; tert butylhydroquinone

Indexed keywords

BETA NAPHTHOFLAVONE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE SYNTHASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; TERT BUTYLHYDROQUINONE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; UPREGULATION; YEAST;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0142119610     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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