Effect of mercury on selenium utilization and selenoperoxidase activity in LNCaP cells

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 118-123

  Bulato, Cristiana ^a   Bosello, Valentina ^a   Ursini, Fulvio ^a   Maiorino, Matilde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Glutathione peroxidase; Mercury; Methyl Se cysteine; Selenite; Selenium; Selenocysteine; Selenomethionine

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME; MERCURY; MERCURY CHLORIDE; METHYLSELENIUM CYSTEINE; SELENITE; SELENIUM; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; SELENOMETHIONINE; SELENOPEROXIDASE; SELENOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL METABOLISM; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TOXICOKINETICS;

HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MALE; MERCURY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SELENIUM; SELENOCYSTEINE; SELENOMETHIONINE; SELENOPROTEINS; SODIUM SELENITE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 33751532451     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2006.09.026     Document Type: Article

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