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. 1980 May 15;188(2):475–479. doi: 10.1042/bj1880475

A comparison of erythrocyte glutathione S-transferase activity from human foetuses and adults.

R C Strange, J D Johnston, D R Coghill, R Hume
PMCID: PMC1161891  PMID: 7396875

Abstract

Glutathione S-transferase activity was measured in partially purified haemolysates of erythrocytes from human foetuses and adults. Enzyme activity was present in erythrocytes obtained between 12 and 40 weeks of gestation. The catalytic properties of the enzyme from foetal cells were similar to those of the enzyme from adult erythrocytes, indicating that probably only one form of the erythrocytes enzyme exists throughout foetal and adult life.

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