Decreased Synthetic Capacity Underlies the Age-Associated Decline in Glutathione Content in Fisher 344 Rats

Antioxidants and Redox Signaling

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 529-536

  Liu, Rui Ming ^a,b   Dickinson, Dale A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE SYNTHASE;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; RAT; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 0142182384     PISSN: 15230864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/152308603770310176     Document Type: Article

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