Isoform-specific expression of metallothionein mRNA in the developing and adult human kidney

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-27

  Mididoddi, Saibaba ^a   McGuirt, Joan P ^a   Sens, Mary Ann ^a   Todd, John H ^a   Sens, Donald A ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Differentiation; Fetal kidney; Gene expression; Metallothionein; mRNA; Proximal tubule

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KIDNEY; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0029877578     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-4274(96)03632-6     Document Type: Article

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