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Early embryonic lethality caused by targeted disruption of the mouse thioredoxin gene.
Developmental biology - 25 Aug 1996
Matsui M, Oshima M, Oshima H, Takaku K, Maruyama T, Yodoi J, Taketo M M
Abstract excerpt
Thioredoxins belong to a widely distributed group of small proteins with strong reducing activities mediated by a consensus redox-active dithiol (Cys-Gly-Pro-Cys). Thioredoxin was first isolated as a hydrogen donor for enzymatic synthesis of deoxyribonucleotides by ribonucleotide reductase in Escherichia coli. Recent studies have revealed a variety of roles that thioredoxin plays in transcription, growth control,...
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