"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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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mercaptoethanol" by people in Profiles.
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Schaefer-Ramadan S, Gannon SA, Thorpe C. Human augmenter of liver regeneration: probing the catalytic mechanism of a flavin-dependent sulfhydryl oxidase. Biochemistry. 2013 Nov 19; 52(46):8323-32.
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Nicolas E, Beggs JM, Taraschi TF. Gelonin is an unusual DNA glycosylase that removes adenine from single-stranded DNA, normal base pairs and mismatches. J Biol Chem. 2000 Oct 06; 275(40):31399-406.
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Li L, Gotta S, Mauviel A, Varga J. L-tryptophan induces expression of collagenase gene in human fibroblasts: demonstration of enhanced AP-1 binding and AP-1 binding site-driven promoter activity. Cell Mol Biol Res. 1995; 41(5):361-8.
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Thakur ML, DeFulvio J, Richard MD, Park CH. Technetium-99m labeled monoclonal antibodies: evaluation of reducing agents. Int J Rad Appl Instrum B. 1991; 18(2):227-33.
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Fritz JD, Swartz DR, Greaser ML. Factors affecting polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and electroblotting of high-molecular-weight myofibrillar proteins. Anal Biochem. 1989 Aug 01; 180(2):205-10.
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Ajani JA, Abbruzzese JL, Goudeau P, Faintuch JS, Yeomans AC, Boman BM, Nicaise C, Levin B. Ifosfamide and mesna: marginally active in patients with advanced carcinoma of the pancreas. J Clin Oncol. 1988 Nov; 6(11):1703-7.
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Magnolfi Zipoli G, D'Ancona S, Berti T. Arginine 2-mercaptoethane sulfonate and sodium 2-mercaptoethane sulfonate: a comparative study of their effects upon tumour cells. Drugs Exp Clin Res. 1988; 14(7):473-8.
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Grob PM, Ross AH, Koprowski H, Bothwell M. Characterization of the human melanoma nerve growth factor receptor. J Biol Chem. 1985 Jul 05; 260(13):8044-9.
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DiCola D, Polidoro G, Di Ilio G, Del Boccia C, Politi L, Scandurra R. Role of tyrosine residues in cytoplasmic aspartate aminotransferase from beef kidney. Mol Cell Biochem. 1976 Apr 28; 11(2):97-101.
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Jimenez S, Rosenbloom J. Decreased thermal stability of collagens containing analogs of proline or lysine. Arch Biochem Biophys. 1974 Aug; 163(2):459-65.