Ascorbic acid as a sensor of oxidative stress and a regulator of gene expression: The Yin and Yang of vitamin C

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 953-954

  Grano, Antonella ^a   De Tullio, Mario C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYDROXYLATION; LETTER; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1, ALPHA SUBUNIT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 34547844162     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2007.02.008     Document Type: Letter

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