"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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| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mercaptoethanol" by people in Profiles.
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Mannick JB, Stamler JS, Teng E, Simpson N, Lawrence J, Jordan J, Finberg RW. Nitric oxide modulates HIV-1 replication. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 1999 Sep 01; 22(1):1-9.
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Winnard P, Virzi E, Fogarasi M, Rusckowski M, Hnatowich DJ. Investigations of directly labeling antibodies with rhenium-188. Q J Nucl Med. 1996 Jun; 40(2):151-60.
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McLaughlin KA, Osborne BA, Goldsby RA. The role of oxygen in thymocyte apoptosis. Eur J Immunol. 1996 May; 26(5):1170-4.
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Freedman JE, Frei B, Welch GN, Loscalzo J. Glutathione peroxidase potentiates the inhibition of platelet function by S-nitrosothiols. J Clin Invest. 1995 Jul; 96(1):394-400.
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Mardirossian G, Wu C, Rusckowski M, Hnatowich DJ. The stability of 99Tcm directly labelled to an Fab' antibody via stannous ion and mercaptoethanol reduction. Nucl Med Commun. 1992 Jul; 13(7):503-12.
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Sluder G, Begg DA. Control mechanisms of the cell cycle: role of the spatial arrangement of spindle components in the timing of mitotic events. J Cell Biol. 1983 Sep; 97(3):877-86.
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Faulkner RD, Carraway R, Bhatnagar YM. Preparative electrophoresis of histones in solubilizable polyacrylamide gels. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1982 Nov 19; 708(3):245-52.