Selective evaluation of thioredoxin reductase enzymatic activities

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1661, Issue , 2018, Pages 301-309

  Arnér, Elias S J ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Activity; Assay; Enzyme; Insulin; NADPH; Spectrophotometry; Thioredoxin; Thioredoxin reductase

Indexed keywords

THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; THIOREDOXIN;

CELL LYSATE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ENZYME ASSAY; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

ENZYME ASSAYS; NADP; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THIOREDOXIN-DISULFIDE REDUCTASE; THIOREDOXINS;

EID: 85029582417     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7258-6_21     Document Type: Chapter

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