"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 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mercaptoethanol" by people in Profiles.
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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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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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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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Jimenez S, Rosenbloom J. Decreased thermal stability of collagens containing analogs of proline or lysine. Arch Biochem Biophys. 1974 Aug; 163(2):459-65.