Dynamic regulation of GSH synthesis and uptake pathways in the rat lens epithelium

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 300-307

  Li, Bo ^a   Li, Ling ^a   Donaldson, Paul J ^a   Lim, Julie C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Glutathione; Immunoblotting; Immunohistochemistry; Lens epithelium; Membrane transport

Indexed keywords

DICARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTER 1; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTER 3;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; LENS EPITHELIUM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EPITHELIUM; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GLUTAMATE-CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTERS, SODIUM-INDEPENDENT; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77649183028     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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