Role of glutathione in cell nucleus

Free Radical Research

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 721-733

  Markovic, Jelena ^a,b   García Gimenez, José Luís ^b   Gimeno, Amparo ^b   Viña, José ^a   Pallardó, Federico V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES RARAS CIBERER   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Chromatin; Genetic instability; Glutathione; Histones

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSE; CYSTEINE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HISTONE; LAMIN B RECEPTOR; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA; HETEROCHROMATIN; TELOMERASE;

CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPLICATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GLUTATHIONYLATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; MITOGENESIS; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CELL CYCLE; DNA REPAIR; HUMAN; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA; DNA REPAIR; GLUTATHIONE; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONES; HUMANS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; TELOMERASE;

EID: 77953332777     PISSN: 10715762     EISSN: 10292470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10715762.2010.485989     Document Type: Review

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