Selenium is an essential micronutrient for animals, though it is toxic in large doses. In plants, it sometimes occurs in toxic amounts as forage, e.g....

occurs in this elemental state or as pure ore compounds in Earth's crust. Selenium (from Ancient Greek σελήνη (selḗnē) 'moon') was discovered in 1817 by...

interior and exterior of a biological cell Selenium in biology – Use of Selenium by organisms Sodium in biology – Use of sodium by organisms Pohl, Hanna...

disorder Potassium in biology – Use of Potassium by organisms Selenium in biology – Use of Selenium by organisms Sodium in biology – Use of sodium by...

disorder Potassium in biology – Use of Potassium by organisms Selenium in biology – Use of Selenium by organisms Sodium in biology – Use of sodium by...

exterior of a biological cell Potassium in biology – Use of Potassium by organisms Selenium in biology – Use of Selenium by organisms Furumoto, Tsuyoshi (24...

organisms Potassium in biology – Use of Potassium by organisms Selenium in biology – Use of Selenium by organisms Sodium in biology – Use of sodium by...

glutathione reductase and superoxide dismutase. (See also selenium in biology and zinc in biology.) Uric acid has the highest concentration of any blood...

biology. 181. Respiromics**: Study of the respiratory system and its molecular functions. 182. Selenomics**: Study of the role of selenium in biology...

Selenium yeast is a feed additive for livestock, used to increase the selenium content in their fodder. It is a form of selenium currently approved for...

an analogue of the more common cysteine with selenium in place of the sulfur. Selenocysteine is present in several enzymes (for example glutathione peroxidases...

Mice engineered to lack SEPP1 did not increase neural precursors. Selenium in biology GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000250722 – Ensembl, May 2017 GRCm38:...

means of safely transporting the very reactive selenium atom throughout the body. Selenoproteins exist in all major domains of life, eukaryotes, bacteria...

rejuvenation. His work spans various dimensions of biology, including selenium biochemistry and redox biology, but is most notably recognized for his contributions...

have been shown to be selenium-containing enzymes, whereas GPx6 is a selenoprotein in humans with cysteine-containing homologues in rodents. GPx1, GPx2...

Selenium responsive proteins within human biology, are the class of proteins sensitive to selenium, in healthy human beings, in cancer patients, in in-vivo...

In enzymology, a L-seryl-tRNASec selenium transferase (EC 2.9.1.1) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction L-seryl-tRNASec + selenophosphate...

containing carbon-to-selenium chemical bonds. Selenium belongs with oxygen and sulfur to the group 16 elements or chalcogens, and similarities in chemistry are...

Most rare elements on Earth are not needed by life (exceptions being selenium and iodine), while a few common ones (aluminum and titanium) are not used...

constituents involved in antioxidant activities, such as iron, selenium, and glutathione, and therefore plays an important role in diseases in which oxidant stress...

Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial, or SELECT, was a clinical trial conducted with the goal of determining whether vitamin E and selenium...

form in acidic solutions. Various derivatives of ergothioneine have been reported in the literature, such as S-methyl-ergothioneine or selenium-containing...

ketoconazole zinc pyrithione, and selenium, although the latter has been partly discontinued due to concerns of selenium in higher concentrations being carcinogenic...

classified: carbon, aluminium, selenium, polonium and astatine. On a standard periodic table, all eleven elements are in a diagonal region of the p-block...

Headings (MeSH) Dolph L. Hatfield, ed. (6 December 2012). Selenium: Its Molecular Biology and Role in Human Health. Springer. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-4614-1025-6...

cellular and molecular biology is a list of definitions of terms and concepts commonly used in the study of cell biology, molecular biology, and related disciplines...

Understanding of Lithium Action in Basic Biology and its Significance for Applied Biology". The Journal of Membrane Biology. 250 (6). Springer Science and...

cultural gender bias and infant mortality, and the possible role of selenium in reducing mortality from AIDS. She also looked after four pottos for many...

cells and bacteria. It uses various additives (fat acids, albumins and selenium) to facilitate cellular and bacterial growth. Borchardt, Ronald T.; Smith...

metals (e.g. arsenic, cadmium, copper, mercury, selenium, zinc). In the wild, albinism is reasonably common in the teleosts, especially the Pleuronectiformes...