Editorial: The changing faces of glutathione, a cellular protagonist

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Volumn 6, Issue MAY, 2015, Pages

  Pompella, Alfonso ^a   Corti, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gamma glutamyltransferase; Glutathione; Glutathione S transferases; Oxidant stress; Redox regulation; S glutathionylation

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE P1;

APOPTOSIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CATALYSIS; DNA METHYLATION; EDITORIAL; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC REGULATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SURVIVAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84930684472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16639812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2015.00098     Document Type: Editorial

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