"Cystine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A covalently linked dimeric nonessential amino acid formed by the oxidation of CYSTEINE. Two molecules of cysteine are joined together by a disulfide bridge to form cystine.
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D003553
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D01.248.497.158.874.390.369 D01.875.350.850.150.369 D02.886.030.230.369 D02.886.520.150.087 D12.125.095.369 D12.125.119.369 D12.125.166.230.369
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Thinking outside the cleft to understand synaptic activity: contribution of the cystine-glutamate antiporter (System xc-) to normal and pathological glutamatergic signaling. Pharmacol Rev. 2012 Jul; 64(3):780-802.