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Cadmium-induced synthesis of HSP70 and a role of glutathione in Euglena gracilis.
Redox report : communications in free radical research - 1 Jan 2004
Watanabe Masumi, Suzuki Tetsuya
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The effect of cadmium-induced oxidative stress, with or without glutathione supplementation, was investigated in the single cell eukaryotic phytoflagellate, Euglena gracilis strains Z and its achlorophyllous mutant SMZ as experimental models. Both these strains actively synthesize thiols to prevent or resist cadmium toxicity. The content of glutathione, as a representative antioxidant, was also examined in both...
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