"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.
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D008623
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.033.375.534 D02.886.489.409
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| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mercaptoethanol" by people in Profiles.
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Potential alteration of COVID-19 by beta-mercaptoethanol. Future Microbiol. 2020 09; 15:1313-1318.
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In vitro transdifferentiation of human adipose tissue-derived stem cells to neural lineage cells - a stage-specific incidence. Adipocyte. 2019 12; 8(1):164-177.
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Reducing agents affect inhibitory activities of compounds: results from multiple drug targets. Anal Biochem. 2012 Apr 01; 423(1):46-53.
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2-Mercaptoethanol influences the in vitro function of bovine peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Zentralbl Veterinarmed B. 1992 May; 39(3):226-32.
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Coronavirus IBV: structural characterization of the spike protein. J Gen Virol. 1983 Dec; 64 ( Pt 12):2577-83.
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Characterization and isolation of structural polypeptides in haemagglutinating encephalomyelitis virus. J Gen Virol. 1980 May; 48(1):193-204.
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Avian infectious bronchitis virus structural polypeptides: effect of different conditions of disruption and comparison of different strains and isolates. Arch Virol. 1980; 63(3-4):239-51.