Deletion of Thioredoxin Reductase and Effects of Selenite and Selenate Toxicity in Caenorhabditis elegans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Boehler, Christopher J ^a   Raines, Anna M ^a,b   Sunde, Roger A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SELENATE; SELENIDE; SELENITE; SELENIUM 75; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; AXENIC CULTURE; BACTERIAL GENE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME METABOLISM; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETICS; GROWTH INHIBITION; LC 50; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRITION; REPRODUCTION; SIGMOID; SUPPLEMENTATION; TRXR 1 GENE; TRXR 2 GENE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; MALE; SELENIC ACID; SELENIOUS ACID; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE 1; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE 2; THIOREDOXIN-DISULFIDE REDUCTASE;

EID: 84881161849     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071525     Document Type: Article

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