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Regulation of antioxidant metabolism by translation initiation factor 2alpha.
The Journal of cell biology - 5 Mar 2001
Tan S, Somia N, Maher P, Schubert D
Abstract excerpt
Oxidative stress and highly specific decreases in glutathione (GSH) are associated with nerve cell death in Parkinson's disease. Using an experimental nerve cell model for oxidative stress and an expression cloning strategy, a gene involved in oxidative stress-induced programmed cell death was identified which both mediates the cell death program and regulates GSH levels. Two stress-resistant clones were isolated...
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