Thioredoxin as a Key Molecule in Redox Signaling

Antioxidants and Redox Signaling

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-17

  Nakamura, Hajime ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; THIOREDOXIN; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; EDITORIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FAMILY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SECOND MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0346690291     PISSN: 15230864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/152308604771978309     Document Type: Editorial

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