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[Physiological significance of superoxide dismutase isozymes].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine - 1 May 1995
Fujii J, Suzuki K, Taniguchi N
Abstract excerpt
Superoxide dismutases (SODs) scavenge superoxide anion and participate in an essential role as a defense system against oxidative stress in body. Cu,Zn-SOD is localized at cytoplasm. A defect in the Cu,Zn-SOD gene has been demonstrated in some cases of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Trisomy of chromosome 21 in Down's syndrome increases the level of this isozyme and causes the disease. Inactivation of...
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