Expression and regulation of metallothionein mRNA levels in the prostates of noble rats: Lack of expression in the ventral prostate and regulation by sex hormones in the dorsolateral prostate

Prostate

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 91-100

  Ghatak, Shibnath ^a   Oliveria, Paulo ^a   Kaplan, Paula ^a   Ho, Shuk Mei ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dorsolateral prostate; metallothionein; rat; sex hormone regulation; ventral prostate

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; DETOXIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE EPITHELIUM; PROSTATE VENTRAL LOBE; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CADMIUM; DNA PRIMERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ESTRADIOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; METALLOTHIONEIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORCHIECTOMY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSTATE; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS; ZINC;

EID: 0029826054     PISSN: 02704137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0045(199608)29:2<91::AID-PROS4>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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