The pathways and molecular mechanisms regulating Nrf2 activation in response to chemical stress

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 433-441

  Nguyen, Truyen ^a,b   Yang, Chung S ^b   Pickett, Cecil B ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Free radicals

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN KEAP1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NF E2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CYTOSKELETON; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC CODE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CYTOSKELETON; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LABORATORY CHEMICALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NF-E2-RELATED FACTOR 2; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEINS; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 3142570440     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2004.04.033     Document Type: Review

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