Inhibition of human squalene monooxygenase by tellurium compounds: evidence of interaction with vicinal sulfhydryls
Squalene monooxygenase is a flavin adenine dinucleotide-containing, microsomal enzyme that catalyzes the second step in the committed pathway for cholesterol biosynthesis. Feeding weanling rats a diet containing 1% elemental tellurium causes a transient, peripheral demyelination due to the disruptio...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2001-02-01
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| Series: | Journal of Lipid Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520316849 |