Natural sulfur products as redox modulators and selective inducers of cell death

Natural Compounds as Inducers of Cell Death

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 293-327

  Czepukojc, Brigitte ^a   Schneider, Thomas ^a   Burkholz, Torsten ^a   Jamier, Vincent ^a   Jacob, Claus ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cysteine; Oxidation; Perthiol; S thiolation; Thiolstat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84932174293     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4575-9_12     Document Type: Chapter

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