Superoxide dismutases, SOD1 and SOD2, play a distinct role in the fat body during pupation in silkworm Bombyx mori.

One way that aerobic biological systems counteract the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is with superoxide dismutase proteins SOD1 and SOD2 that metabolize superoxide radicals to molecular oxygen and hydrogen peroxide or scavenge oxygen radicals produced by the extensive oxidation-reducti...

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Main Authors: Yosui Nojima, Katsuhiko Ito, Hiromasa Ono, Takeru Nakazato, Hidemasa Bono, Takeshi Yokoyama, Ryoichi Sato, Yoshitaka Suetsugu, Yuki Nakamura, Kimiko Yamamoto, Jun-ichi Satoh, Hiroko Tabunoki, Hajime Fugo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4340916?pdf=render