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NOX5: from basic biology to signaling and disease.
Free radical biology & medicine - 15 Feb 2012
Bedard Karen, Jaquet Vincent, Krause Karl-Heinz
Abstract excerpt
In mammals, the NADPH oxidase family of enzymes comprises seven members: NOXs 1-5, DUOX1, and DUOX2. All of these enzymes function to move an electron across cellular membranes, transferring it to oxygen to generate the superoxide anion. This generation of reactive oxygen species has important physiological and pathophysiological roles. NOX5 is perhaps the least well understood of these NOX isoforms, in part...
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