Selenocysteine in thiol/disulfide-like exchange reactions

Antioxidants and Redox Signaling

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 1675-1689

  Hondal, Robert J ^a   Marino, Stefano M ^b   Gladyshev, Vadim N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISULFIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PEROXIDASE; SELENIUM; SELENOCYSTEINE; SULFUR; THIOL;

ATOM; CHEMICAL REACTION; ELECTROPHILICITY; NUCLEOPHILICITY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CATALYSIS; DISULFIDES; GLUTAREDOXINS; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; METHIONINE SULFOXIDE REDUCTASES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PEROXIDASE; SELENIUM; SELENOCYSTEINE; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SULFUR; THIOREDOXIN-DISULFIDE REDUCTASE;

EID: 84875729310     PISSN: 15230864     EISSN: 15577716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ars.2012.5013     Document Type: Review

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