Sensitivity to cadmium-induced genotoxicity in rat testicular cells is associated with minimal expression of the metallothionein gene

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 229-236

  Shiraishi, Noriyuki ^a,d   Hochadel, James F ^b   Coogan, Timothy P ^a,e   Koropatnick, Jim ^c   Waalkes, Michael P ^a  

^a Division of Cancer Etiology ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^e RW Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute   (United States)

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EID: 0028960501     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1995.1028     Document Type: Article

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