Selenoprotein TRXR-1 and GSR-1 are essential for removal of old cuticle during molting in Caenorhabditis elegans

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1064-1069

  Stenvall, Jörgen ^a,b   Fierro González, Juan Carlos ^c   Swoboda, Peter ^c,d   Saamarthy, Karunakar ^b   Cheng, Qing ^d   Cacho Valadez, Briseida ^e   Arnér, Elias S J ^d   Persson, Olof P ^a,g   Miranda Vizuete, Antonio ^e,f   Tuck, Simon ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c School of Life Sciences Södertörn University   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e Departamento de Biología Molecular e Ingeniería Bioquímica   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; DISULFIDE; ELONGATION FACTOR; ELONGATION FACTOR EFSEC; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE 1; PROTEIN; SELB 1 PROTEIN; SELENOCYSTEINE; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; EPIDERMIS CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LARVA; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DISULFIDES; EPIDERMIS; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; MALEIMIDES; MOLTING; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTORS; SELENOCYSTEINE; SELENOPROTEINS; THIOREDOXIN-DISULFIDE REDUCTASE;

ANIMALIA; APOLYSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79551624525     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1006328108     Document Type: Article

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