Transketolase: Observations in alcohol-related brain damage research

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 717-720

  Alexander Kaufman, Kimberley ^a   Harper, Clive ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol related brain, Damage; Neuropathology; Thiamine deficiency; Transketolase; Wernicke Korsakoffs' Syndrome

Indexed keywords

ENZYME VARIANT; RIBOSE; THIAMINE; TRANSKETOLASE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; BRAIN DAMAGE; CELL ENERGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHORT SURVEY; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; WERNICKE KORSAKOFF SYNDROME;

ALCOHOLISM; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; HUMANS; KORSAKOFF SYNDROME; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; THIAMINE PYROPHOSPHATE; TRANSKETOLASE;

EID: 59649102030     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2008.04.005     Document Type: Short Survey

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