Ascorbate and plasma membrane electron transport-Enzymes vs efflux

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 485-495

  Lane, Darius J R ^a   Lawen, Alfons ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ascorbate; Astrocytes; Dehydroascorbate; Ferricyanide; K562 cells; Non transferrin bound iron; Transplasma membrane electron transport; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ANION; ASCORBIC ACID; ASCORBIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CYTOCHROME B; CYTOCHROME B5 REDUCTASE; CYTOCHROME B561; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID; FERRIC ION; FERRICYANIDE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; GLUTAMIC ACID; PURINERGIC P2Y2 RECEPTOR; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASTROCYTE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CELL VACUOLE; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME RELEASE; EPITHELIUM CELL; ERYTHROCYTE; EXOCYTOSIS; GAP JUNCTION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IRON TRANSPORT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MAMMAL CELL; MEMBRANE BIOLOGY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYMES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 67650995439     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2009.06.003     Document Type: Review

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