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. 1983 Oct 1;215(1):213–216. doi: 10.1042/bj2150213

Erythrocyte glutathione S-transferase. Electrophoretic identification of two enzyme forms.

R C Strange, P H Hirrell, G A Kitley, D A Hopkinson, W Cotton
PMCID: PMC1152384  PMID: 6626178

Abstract

Starch-gel electrophoresis was used to demonstrate two forms of glutathione S-transferase in human erythrocytes. Whereas considerable inter-individual differences in enzyme activity and electrophoretic patterns were detected, intra-individual differences were small.

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