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The cDNA for rat selenoprotein P contains 10 TGA codons in the open reading frame by HILL, K. E, LLOYD, R. S, GUO YANG, READ, R, BURK, R

“…Selenoprotein P is a plasma protein recently purified and characterized as containing 7.5 +/- 1.0 selenium atoms/molecule as selenocysteine. In rats maintained…”
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Selenoprotein P: An Extracellular Protein with Unique Physical Characteristics and a Role in Selenium Homeostasis by Burk, R.F, Hill, K.E

“…Selenoprotein P is an abundant extracellular glycoprotein that is rich in selenocysteine. It has two domains with respect to selenium content. The N-terminal…”
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Dietary selenium affects methylation of the wobble nucleoside in the anticodon of selenocysteine tRNA([Ser]Sec) by Diamond, A M, Choi, I S, Crain, P F, Hashizume, T, Pomerantz, S C, Cruz, R, Steer, C J, Hill, K E, Burk, R F, McCloskey, J A, Hatfield, D L

“…We reported previously that the presence of selenium in culture media of mammalian cells influences both the steady-state levels and distributions of two tRNA…”
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Effectiveness of selenium supplements in a low-selenium area of China by Xia, Y, Hill, K.E, Byrne, D.W, Xu, J, Burk, R.F

“…Background: Selenium is an essential micronutrient with a recommended dietary allowance for adults of 55 microgram/d. It functions as an essential constituent…”
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Neurological dysfunction occurs in mice with targeted deletion of the selenoprotein P gene by Hill, Kristina E, Zhou, Jiadong, McMahan, Wendy J, Motley, Amy K, Burk, Raymond F

“…Brain function and selenium concentration are well maintained in rodents under conditions of selenium deficiency. Recently, however, targeted deletion of the…”
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Report on the 1986 A.S.P.E.N. Research Workshop on selenium in clinical nutrition by Levander, O.A, Burk, R.F

“…Highlights of a 1986 workshop on selenium (Se) in clinical nutrition are discussed. Evidence on the nutritional requirements of Se was reviewed, linking the…”
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Reduction of Dehydroascorbate to Ascorbate by the Selenoenzyme Thioredoxin Reductase by May, James M., Mendiratta, Shalu, Hill, Kristina E., Burk, Raymond F.

“…Recycling of ascorbate from its oxidized forms is essential to maintain stores of the vitamin in human cells. Whereas reduction of dehydroascorbate to…”
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Ethane production and liver necrosis in rats after administration of drugs and other chemicals by Burk, R F, Lane, J M

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Thioredoxin Reductase Activity Is Decreased by Selenium Deficiency by Hill, Kristina E., McCollum, Gary W., Boeglin, Martha E., Burk, Raymond F.

“…Animal thioredoxin reductase is a selenoprotein. In this study, thioredoxin reductase activities in liver, kidney, and brain have been compared in rats fed…”
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Sequential development of flagellar defects in spermatids and epididymal spermatozoa of selenium-deficient rats by Olson, Gary E, Winfrey, Virginia P, Hill, Kristina E, Burk, Raymond F

“…In this study cauda epididymal spermatozoa of rats maintained on a selenium-deficient diet for 5 and 7 months exhibited an array of flagellar defects…”
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A simple rapid immunoassay for S-adenosylhomocysteine in plasma by Capdevila, Antonieta, Burk, Raymond F., Freedman, Joshua, Frantzen, Frank, Alfheim, Ingrid, Wagner, Conrad

“…The measurement of plasma S-adenosylhomocysteine is a more sensitive indicator of the risk for vascular disease than is plasma homocysteine. Because the level…”
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Detection and localization of lipid peroxidation in selenium- and vitamin E-deficient rats using F2-isoprostanes by Awad, J A, Morrow, J D, Hill, K E, Roberts, 2nd, L J, Burk, R F

“…Data on the effect of vitamin E and selenium deficiency on lipid peroxidation in vivo have been limited. F2-isoprostanes are novel prostanoids that, free in…”
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Multiple Forms of Selenoprotein P in Rat Plasma by Chittum, Harold S., Himeno, Seiichiro, Hill, Kristina E., Burk, Raymond F.

“…SDS–PAGE of immunoaffinity-purified rat selenoprotein P demonstrates a major band at 57 kDa and a less intense band at 45 kDa, suggesting the existence of more…”
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Replenishment of selenium deficient rats with selenium results in redistribution of the selenocysteine tRNA population in a tissue specific manner by Chittum, Harold S, Hill, Kristina E, Carlson, Bradley A, Lee, Byeong Jae, Burk, Raymond F, Hatfield, Dolph Lee

“…We reported previously that the selenium status of rats influences both the steady-state levels and distributions of two selenocysteine tRNA isoacceptors and…”
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Failure of Selenomethionine Residues in Albumin and Immunoglobulin G to Protect against Peroxynitrite by Hondal, Robert J., Motley, Amy K., Hill, Kristina E., Burk, Raymond F.

“…Selenomethionine has been suggested to protect against peroxynitrite by quenching it in vivo. Selenomethionine is distributed randomly in the methionine pool…”
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Effect of selenium on selenoprotein P expression in cultured liver cells by Hill, Kristina E., Chittum, Harold S., Lyons, P.Reid, Boeglin, Martha E., Burk, Raymond F.

“…Selenoprotein P and glutathione peroxidase are selenoproteins that are synthesized by hepatocytes. The production of these selenoproteins by human and rat…”
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Biochemical studies of a selenium-deficient population in China: measurement of selenium, glutathione peroxidase and other oxidant defense indices in blood by Xia, Y M, Hill, K E, Burk, R F

“…Selenium deficiency is necessary for the development of the cardiomyopathy known as Keshan disease. Healthy boys and men (19-22 per group) from a low selenium…”
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Recent developments in trace element metabolism and function: newer roles of selenium in nutrition by Burk, R F

“…Until recently, studies of the function of selenium focused on the selenoenzyme, glutathione peroxidase. However, the recognition that several metabolic…”
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Biological activity of selenium [Biochemical functions of the element in animals] by BURK, R. F

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Selenium and cancer: meaning of serum selenium levels by Burk, R F

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