Glutamyl cycle in the rat liver appears to be sex-gender specific

Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 585-589

  Campesi, Ilaria ^a,b   Galistu, Adriana ^a   Carru, Ciriaco ^a,b   Franconi, Flavia ^a,b   Fois, Marco ^a   Zinellu, Angelo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOSTRUCTURES AND BIOSYSTEMS   (Italy)

^c Porto Conte Ricerche Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Glutamylcysteine ligase; H2S; L Cysteine; Rat liver; Sex gender differences

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MALONALDEHYDE; METHIONINE; TAURINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER LEVEL; LIVER METABOLISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYSTEINE; FEMALE; GLUTAMATE-CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTAMATES; GLUTATHIONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; MALE; METABOLIC DETOXICATION, DRUG; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; XENOBIOTICS;

RATTUS;

EID: 84878364506     PISSN: 09402993     EISSN: 16181433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etp.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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