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Selenoproteins

Known as: Selenoprotein, Selenoproteins [Chemical/Ingredient] 
Selenoproteins are proteins that specifically incorporate SELENOCYSTEINE into their amino acid chain. Most selenoproteins are enzymes with the… 
National Institutes of Health

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Broader (1)

Binding Proteins
In BloodProcess of secretionSEPP1 geneSelenium-Binding Proteins

Narrower (13)

Mcsp protein, ratSelenoprotein PSelenoprotein P1Sepm protein, mouse

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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
A tale of two toxicities: malformed selenoproteins and oxidative stress both contribute to selenium stress in plants
Background Despite selenium's toxicity in plants at higher levels, crops supply most of the essential dietary selenium in humans… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
A systematic approach to the accurate quantification of selenium in serum selenoalbumin by HPLC-ICP-MS.
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Mechanisms of selenium inhibition of cell apoptosis induced by oxysterols in rat vascular smooth muscle cells.
Review
2004
Review
2004
The link between selenium and chemoprevention: a case for selenoproteins.
Selenium is effective in reducing cancer incidence in animal models, and epidemiologic data, as well as supplementation trials… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Induction of hepatic thioredoxin reductase activity by sulforaphane, both in Hepa1c1c7 cells and in male Fisher 344 rats.
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
cDNA cloning, expression pattern and RNA binding analysis of human selenocysteine insertion sequence (SECIS) binding protein 2.
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Purification, Redox Sensitivity, and RNA Binding Properties of SECIS-binding Protein 2, a Protein Involved in Selenoprotein Biosynthesis*
In mammalian selenoprotein mRNAs, the highly structured 3′ UTR contains selenocysteine insertion sequence (SECIS) elements that… 
1997
1997
Metabolism of selenite labelled with enriched stable isotope in the bloodstream.
  • K. SuzukiM. Itoh
  • Journal of Chromatography B: Biomedical Sciences…
  • 1997
  • Corpus ID: 20568592
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Cloning and Functional Characterization of Human Selenophosphate Synthetase, an Essential Component of Selenoprotein Synthesis (*)
Selenocysteine is co-translationally incorporated into prokaryotic and eukaryotic selenoproteins at in-frame UGA codons. However… 
Review
1990
Review
1990
Protection against free radical injury by selenoenzymes.
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