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1College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Alfred University, Alfred, NY, USA. skalska@alfred.edu.
Abstract:
Redox signaling in the cell, which is essential for cell physiology, involves proteins with free sulfhydryl groups (-SH). Among them, the thioredoxin system plays the most significant role. Many conditions associated with cell malignancies feature the higher expression of thioredoxin, making it an attractive target for new therapeutic drug development. Here we present a simple in vitro model of testing the interaction between thioredoxin and the putative drug. This method is relatively inexpensive and gives the Investigator a first screen of the drug properties, which can be essential for further experimental approaches.
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