Protection of yeast lacking the Ure2 protein against the toxicity of heavy metals and hydroperoxides by antioxidants

Free Radical Research

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 580-590

  Lewinska, Anna ^a   Bartosz, Grzegorz ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RZESZÓW   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Glutathione S transferase; Heavy metals; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Ure2p; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HEAVY METAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROPEROXIDE DERIVATIVE; MELATONIN; METAL ION; MUTANT PROTEIN; OXIDIZING AGENT; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PROTEIN URE2; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TEMPOL; TROLOX C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HEAT SHOCK; HOMEOSTASIS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REDOX STRESS; WILD TYPE; YEAST CELL;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; CADMIUM; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HEAT; MUTATION; OXIDANTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIONS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 34047190354     PISSN: 10715762     EISSN: 10292470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10715760701209904     Document Type: Article

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