A GAG trinucleotide-repeat polymorphism in the gene for glutathione biosynthetic enzyme, GCLC, affects gene expression through translation

FASEB Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2180-2187

  Nichenametla, Sailendra N ^a   Lazarus, Philip ^a   Richie Jr , John P ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

glutamylcysteine ligase; 5 untranslated region; Short tandem repeats

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLCYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; LIGASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; GCLC GENE; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ADULT; ANIMALS; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; ERYTHROCYTES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; GLUTAMATE-CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; HEK293 CELLS; HELA CELLS; HEP G2 CELLS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LUCIFERASES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RABBITS; RETICULOCYTES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 79960184881     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.10-174011     Document Type: Article

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