"Mercaptoethanol" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A water-soluble thiol derived from hydrogen sulfide and ethanol. It is used as a reducing agent for disulfide bonds and to protect sulfhydryl groups from oxidation.
| Descriptor ID |
D008623
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.033.375.534 D02.886.489.409
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mercaptoethanol" by people in Profiles.
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Purification and characterization of Helicobacter pylori arginase, RocF: unique features among the arginase superfamily. Eur J Biochem. 2004 May; 271(10):1952-62.
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Calcium regulates S-nitrosylation, denitrosylation, and activity of tissue transglutaminase. Biochemistry. 2001 Apr 24; 40(16):4904-10.
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Structural interactions between alpha- and beta-subunits of the gastric H,K-ATPase. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1995 May 24; 1236(1):105-13.
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The N-terminal heptad repeat region of reovirus cell attachment protein sigma 1 is responsible for sigma 1 oligomer stability and possesses intrinsic oligomerization function. Virology. 1991 May; 182(1):336-45.